Studying the Impact of the Organizational Structure on Airline Operations Control

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Nuno Machado (Author) Other; António Castro (Author) Other; Eugénio Oliveira (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Advances in Artificial Transportation Systems and Simulation

Pages: 103-124

ISBN: 978-0-12-397041-1

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Computer science > Informatics

Other information

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397041-1.00006-6

Abstract (EN): This paper introduces work practice modeling and simulation as a mean to assess and evolve the airline organizational structure performance. It departs from the empirical knowledge conveyed through interviews with airline operators and builds an analytical infrastructure geared towards evaluating the current and hypothetical organizational structures. To better reproduce the operational control challenges faced by airline companies it uses real pre and post operational data containing scheduled ights, delay codes and aircraft and crew rosters. By the end of the research study, the simulation of the same operational scenario across four distinct organizational structures demonstrated improvements up to 15% in disruption handling time and up to 21% in collaborator stress.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 21