Human-in-the-loop multi-agent approach for airport taxiing operations

Abstract

This paper describes a study to develop an intelligent air traffic ground control operation system that is able to integrate initiatives from both controllers and autonomous vehicles. We use a multi-agent approach to optimize dynamically a routing and scheduling task while taking into account real-time human suggestions. We expect that such mixed-initiative systems combined with autonomous vehicles will permit reduction of congestion and fuel consumption in large airports.