Future aircraft turnaround operations considering post-pandemic requirements

M Schultz, J Evler, E Asadi, H Preis, H Fricke… - Journal of Air Transport …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air Transportation is a major contributor to international mobility and has high requirements
to ensure safe and secure operations. Aircraft ground operations are impacted significantly …

Social distancing in airplane seat assignments

M Salari, RJ Milne, C Delcea, L Kattan… - Journal of Air Transport …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the airplane passengers' seat assignment problem while practicing
social distancing among passengers. We proposed a mixed integer programming model to …

[HTML][HTML] From data to insights: A bibliometric assessment of agent-based modeling applications in transportation

A Domenteanu, C Delcea, N Chiriță, C Ioanăș - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis within the research domain dedicated to the
utilization of agent-based modeling (ABM) in the field of transportation. By employing …

Airplane boarding methods that reduce risk from COVID-19

RJ Milne, C Delcea, LA Cotfas - Safety Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Airlines have recently instituted practices to reduce the risk of their passengers becoming
infected with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Some airlines block their airplanes' …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating classical airplane boarding methods considering COVID-19 flying restrictions

LA Cotfas, C Delcea, RJ Milne, M Salari - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has imposed the need for a series of social distancing
restrictions worldwide to mitigate the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. This applies to …

An agent-based model for cruise ship evacuation considering the presence of smart technologies on board

LA Cotfas, C Delcea, S Mancini, C Ponsiglione… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cruise ship industry has faced in recent years a continuous increase in the number of
passengers, reaching 28.5 million passengers in 2018, 60.11% more than in 2009. In this …

Analytical approach to solve the problem of aircraft passenger boarding during the coronavirus pandemic

M Schultz, M Soolaki - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2021 - Elsevier
The corona pandemic significantly changes the processes of aircraft and passenger
handling at the airport. In our contribution, we focus on the time-critical process of aircraft …

An agent-based modeling approach to collaborative classrooms evacuation process

C Delcea, LA Cotfas, L Craciun, AG Molanescu - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
Human behavior and the environment's characteristics have proven to play an important role
within the evacuation process as they can facilitate a shorter evacuation time. The …

Evaluation of boarding methods adapted for social distancing when using apron buses

RJ Milne, C Delcea, LA Cotfas, C Ioanăş - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social distancing reduces the risk of people becoming infected with the novel coronavirus
(SARS-CoV-2). When passengers are transported from an airport terminal to an airplane …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of aircraft boarding scenarios considering reduced transmissions risks

M Schultz, J Fuchte - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Open Access Editor's Choice Article Evaluation of Aircraft Boarding Scenarios
Considering Reduced Transmissions Risks by Michael Schultz 1,*,† and Jörg Fuchte 2,† 1 …