An Airport Stand Assignment Problem considering the Passenger Boarding Distance

Table 1

Mathematical elements for modeling.

Symbol	Definition
(a) Sets
	All departure flights,
	Set of all available stands,
(b) Parameters
,	The start and ending time for flight using a stand
	Number of passenger for flight
	Passenger load factor for flight
	Number of seats for flight
	Boarding distance for each passenger when flight using the stand
	Walking distance for each passenger when flight using the stand
	Safety time interval for all stands
(c) Variables
	Decision variable of stand assignment for flight using the stand
	Variable of the aircraft type for flight
	Variable of the stand size
	Variable for the boarding bridge of the stand
	Variable for if two flights using a same stand