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Solving airport gate assignment problem using an improved genetic algorithm with dynamic topology

  • Ran Xu
  • , Kaiquan Cai*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The rapid growth of air transportation demand led to numerous studies on the airport gate assignment problem (AGAP). As the problem scale gets larger, mathematical programming is no longer available, and heuristic methods like genetic algorithm (GA) have been applied. Taking into account of adding soft constraint to the model and ameliorate objective value of the AGAP, this paper proposes an improved GA considering structural properties to avoid GA’s prematurity. A dynamic topology integrated in crossover operator contributes to a better tradeoff between convergence speed and quality of solutions. Finally, experimental results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed improved GA to solve AGAP in comparison with traditional GA and a reliable commercial software CPLEX CP Optimizer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Developments in Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices - Proceedings of ICCD 2017
EditorsSrikanta Patnaik, Vipul Jain
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages877-884
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811089435
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventInternational Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices, ICCD 2017 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 9 Dec 201710 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume752
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices, ICCD 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period9/12/1710/12/17

Keywords

  • Airport gate assignment problem
  • Combinatorial optimization
  • Complex network
  • Dynamic topology
  • Genetic algorithm

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