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Adaptive dynamic programming for airport deicing

  • Zirun Zhang
  • , Jay M. Rosenberger
  • , Victoria C.P. Chen
  • , Li Zeng
  • , Dan Bergman

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

An adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) approach for assigning aircraft to deicing pad locations at the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport is developed to minimize the impact on dissolved oxygen in airport receiving waters. Lack of dissolved oxygen killed fish at DFW in 1999. The DFW deicing activities ADP problem is stochastic, finite-horizon, non-stationary, and non-convex with integer decision variables and a very high-dimensional (near) continuous state space. Using treed regression functions to approximate state transitions and predict dissolved oxygen at various water sites, a mixed integer linear programming problem is formulated within each stage to maintain dissolved oxygen (DO) in current and future stages. A waiting time penalty is also modeled in the stage-wise objective function. Uncertainties exist in deicing activities because the airport only controls the location of deicing, while the pilot controls the actual deicing activity. Distributions for these uncertainties are empirically-derived from actual airport data. Because treed regression models are non-convex, non-convex value approximation methods are used and another mixed integer linear programming problem is developed. This paper focuses on formulating and solving the mixed integer linear programming problem of last stage after the framework for solving the entire deicing ADP problem is presented.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013
PublisherInstitute of Industrial Engineers
Pages3670-3678
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventIIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Duration: 18 May 201322 May 2013

Publication series

NameIIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013

Conference

ConferenceIIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013
PlacePuerto Rico
CitySan Juan
Period18/05/1322/05/13

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Research Keywords

  • Adaptive dynamic programming
  • Deicing/anti-icing activities
  • Mixed integer linear programming
  • Non-convex approximation
  • Non-convex optimization

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