Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 863-874.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2022.03.19

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Review on air traffic delay prediction

Chunzheng WANG1,2, Minghua HU1,2, Lei YANG1,2,*, Zheng ZHAO1,2   

  1. 1. College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
    2. National Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Flow Management, Nanjing 211106, China
  • Received:2021-03-03 Online:2022-03-01 Published:2022-03-10
  • Contact: Lei YANG

Abstract:

The air traffic system is a typical complex system, and its nonlinear aggregate dynamic characteristics challenge the delay prediction, which keeps the problem of air traffic delay prediction open. In the past two decades, a large number of research results have emerged in response to this problem using traditional machine learning, deep learning, complex system modeling and simulation, and queueing theory. Firstly, the reasons for the occurrence and propagation of air traffic delays are explained systematically, and the types of delay predictions in existing research are classified according to the types of prediction values, prediction objects, and prediction time scales. Then, the relative studies at home and abroad are reviewed and the air traffic delays are analyzed. The forecasting methods are classified, the implementation process of representative methods is reviewed in detail, and a comprehensive comparison is made. Finally, based on the existing research problems, the possible future development directions is discussed.

Key words: air traffic, delay prediction, machine learning, modeling and simulation, queueing theory

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