SchedulAir unifies the optimization of all airline
scheduling stages and considers their mutual interaction. This
results in an optimal overall schedule, with resource balance
(of aircraft and crew) across the schedule. Such a unification
is not trivial, and is achieved for the first time through the
novel mathematical algorithms we have invented.
In contrast, other systems available today perform only
sequential integration. This breaks apart the scheduling
optimization, conveying the results of one stage to the next,
disregarding the downstream consequences. Each stage is
therefore optimized independently, resulting in an overall
suboptimal schedule, and lacking flexibility in resource
balance.
in comparison with the more limited results achieved by the sequential
integration available in the market today. More details of the comparison
between unified optimization and sequential integration can be found in
our original
project's research at Imperial College.
