Applications
Accurate and timely estimations of times of arrival are important in several application areas:
- In air traffic control arrival sequencing and scheduling, where scheduling aircraft arrival according to the first-come-first-served order of ETA at the runway minimizes delays.
- In airport gate assignment methods, to optimize gate utilization.
- In elevator control, to minimize the average waiting time or journey time of passengers.
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