OR-MASTER

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About the OR-MASTER project

OR-MASTER addresses one of the air transport industry's major concerns – the demand-capacity imbalance. Demand for flights from the world’s biggest airports is only increasing, but airports have only so many arrival and departure slots they can fill.

The project develops mathematical models and algorithms to help improve decision-making for how capacity at overly congested airports and within a network of airports is allocated to airlines. It seeks an optimised, transparent, and fair approach for efficiently allocating scarce capacity to benefit airlines, airports, and the travelling public.

The project is led by a team of operational research and air transport experts in Lancaster University Management School’s Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL), working with researchers at Leicester University and Bangor University.

OR-MASTER is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

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Managing the skies

Professor Konstantinos Zografos, Principal Investigator on the OR-MASTER project, explains the team’s work, and the importance of addressing issues around congestion at the world’s biggest airports.

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News

Discover the latest updates from the OR-MASTER project. For our activities to date, please visit our events archive.

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Lancaster Professor to Present Research Findings at International Air Transport Association Meeting

Distinguished Professor Konstantinos Zografos will share insights from the OR-MASTER project, which investigates the demand-capacity imbalance at the world's biggest airports.
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Air transport industry considers future pathways

Figures from across the air transport industry gathered to consider the future for a key aspect of their sector as the Lancaster University-led OR-MASTER  project delivered its conclusions.
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Air transport industry experts and professionals assemble to address Airport Slot Allocation issues

Operational research experts from the Centre for Transport and Logistics will lead a workshop that brings together leading figures from across the air transport industry to consider how to change a key part of their operations.
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New computer models can help improve airport landing delays

Research from the Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL) uses computer simulations to show how airports can arrange landings to help reduce delays and improve punctuality.
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Transport and logistics professor presents at important US meeting

Professor Konstantinos Zografos presented his work on the OR-MASTER project at the 103rd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC.
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Honorable mention in INFORMS 2021 AAS Best Student Presentation Competition

Fotios Katsigiannis (OR-MASTER PhD student, supervised by Konstantinos Zografos), participated in the INFORMS 2021 conference and the Aviation Applications Section (AAS) Best Student Presentation Competition.

This year’s AAS Best Student Presentation Competition hosted presentations from 12 doctoral students from around the globe. Fotios’ talk was entitled “Multi-Objective, Multi-Stakeholder Airport Slot Scheduling Considering Expected Delays” and received an Honorable Mention.

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Publications

Lancaster publications from the OR-MASTER project

Publications from the OR-MASTER project