A rule-based reactive model for the simulation of aircraft on airport gates

摘要

Apron control, which is the control of aircraft to and from airport gates, is strongly characterised by its dynamic, ever changing nature. Simulation can be used as a powerful tool to evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of the proposal in an apron control activity and can potentially be a valuable tool to support resolving time and resource conflicts in apron control. This paper proposes a rule-based reactive model for the simulation of aircraft on airport gates. It attempts to bring together object-oriented simulations and knowledge-based systems to produce a new kind of model in which knowledge-based technologies can be more deeply structured within a simulator and the simulation can be entirely embedded in a knowledge-based system. Validation by experiment shows that the proposed model is workable.