The airline schedule optimization model: validation and sensitivity analysis

Abstract The Airline Schedule Optimization (ASO) Advanced decision support system (DSS) provides a solution as a proposal of a new flight schedule, in situations when an airline's flight scheduled is disturbed, which would minimize the negative effects of those disturbances. The ASO DSS was successfully tested and validated in Airline Operation Control Centre. Further, the sensitivity analysis was done where the main task was to analyze how the values of the penalties defined in the DSS influence on generated solutions by the ASO Advanced. The results of the model validation as well as the sensitivity analysis are presented in this paper.