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dc.contributor.authorErland, Sveinung-
dc.contributor.authorKaupužs, Jevgenijs-
dc.contributor.authorSteiner, Albert-
dc.contributor.authorBachmat, Eitan-
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-09T07:23:56Z-
dc.date.available2021-07-09T07:23:56Z-
dc.date.issued2021-06-28-
dc.identifier.issn2470-0045de_CH
dc.identifier.issn2470-0053de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22794-
dc.description.abstractAirlines use different boarding policies to organize the queue of passengers waiting to enter the airplane. We analyze three policies in the many-passenger limit by a geometric representation of the queue position and row designation of each passenger and apply a Lorentzian metric to calculate the total boarding time. The boarding time is governed by the time each passenger needs to clear the aisle, and the added time is determined by the aisle-clearing time distribution through an effective aisle-clearing time parameter. The nonorganized queues under the common random boarding policy are characterized by large effective aisle-clearing time. We show that, subject to a mathematical assumption which we have verified by extensive numerical computations in all realistic cases, the average total boarding time is always reduced when slow passengers are separated from faster passengers and the slow group is allowed to enter the airplane first. This is a universal result that holds for any combination of the three main governing parameters: the ratio between effective aisle-clearing times of the fast and the slow groups, the fraction of slow passengers, and the congestion of passengers in the aisle. Separation into groups based on aisle-clearing time allows for more synchronized seating, but the result is nontrivial, as the similar fast-first policy—where the two groups enter the airplane in reverse order—is inferior to random boarding for a range of parameter settings. The asymptotic results conform well with discrete-event simulations with realistic numbers of passengers. Parameters based on empirical data, with hand luggage as criteria for separating passengers into the slow and fast groups, give an 8% reduction in total boarding time for slow first compared to random boarding.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Ede_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectAirplane boardingde_CH
dc.subjectAviationde_CH
dc.subjectPassengerde_CH
dc.subjectSlow-first boardingde_CH
dc.subjectRandom boardingde_CH
dc.subject.ddc003: Systemede_CH
dc.subject.ddc380: Verkehrde_CH
dc.titleLorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boardingde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Engineeringde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (IDP)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-22794-
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zhaw.issue6de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.start062310de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume103de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedTransport und Mobilitätde_CH
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Erland, S., Kaupužs, J., Steiner, A., & Bachmat, E. (2021). Lorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boarding. Physical Review E, 103(6), 62310. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310
Erland, S. et al. (2021) ‘Lorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boarding’, Physical Review E, 103(6), p. 062310. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310.
S. Erland, J. Kaupužs, A. Steiner, and E. Bachmat, “Lorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boarding,” Physical Review E, vol. 103, no. 6, p. 062310, Jun. 2021, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310.
ERLAND, Sveinung, Jevgenijs KAUPUŽS, Albert STEINER und Eitan BACHMAT, 2021. Lorentzian geometry and variability reduction in airplane boarding : slow passengers first outperforms random boarding. Physical Review E. 28 Juni 2021. Bd. 103, Nr. 6, S. 062310. DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310
Erland, Sveinung, Jevgenijs Kaupužs, Albert Steiner, and Eitan Bachmat. 2021. “Lorentzian Geometry and Variability Reduction in Airplane Boarding : Slow Passengers First Outperforms Random Boarding.” Physical Review E 103 (6): 62310. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310.
Erland, Sveinung, et al. “Lorentzian Geometry and Variability Reduction in Airplane Boarding : Slow Passengers First Outperforms Random Boarding.” Physical Review E, vol. 103, no. 6, June 2021, p. 62310, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.062310.


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