Aviation Infrastructure Economics
A NEXTOR Short Course
October 14-15, 2004
The Aerospace Center Building
BWI/Andrews Conference Rooms, Suite 850
901 D St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Instructors
Dr. Mark Hansen
Dr. Jasenka Rakas
University of California, Berkeley
Course Syllabus
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Morning Session
7:45 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:00
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Check-in and morning refreshments
Welcome and Preliminaries
All
Jasenka Rakas,
Mark Hansen
9:00 – 9:20
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NAS Infrastructure Management Overview
Jasenka Rakas
9:20 – 10:40
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Economic Impact of Aviation Infrastructure
Economic Benefit of Aviation Infrastructure
Mark Hansen
10:25 – 10:40
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Break
All
10:40 – 12:00
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Optimal Investment and Pricing for Aviation
Infrastructure
Mark Hansen
12:00 – 1:00
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Lunch Break – Served in meeting room
All
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Equipment Failures Rates and Probabilities –
Markov Transition Matrices
Deterioration and Obsolescence Modeling
Jasenka Rakas
Break – Refreshments served
All
Service Availability, Fault Tree Analysis
Airport Performance Assessments with
Equipment Outages
o Censored Regression Modeling
o Deterministic Queuing
Jasenka Rakas
Afternoon Session
1:00 – 2:20
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2:20 – 2:35
2:35 – 4:00
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Friday, October 15, 2004
Morning Session
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:25
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All
Jasenka Rakas
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Check in and morning refreshments
Introduction to Optimization Techniques for
Infrastructure Management
Application – Markov Decision Processes for
Infrastructure Management, Maintenance and
Rehabilitation
10:25 – 10:40
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Break
All
10:40 – 12:00
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Jasenka Rakas
Application – Obsolescence Analysis for
Different Types of Equipment
Facility Condition Assessment, Facility Condition
Index
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12:00 – 1:00
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Lunch Break – Served in meeting room
All
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Aviation Infrastructure Performance Trends
Statistical Modeling of Infrastructure
Performance
Mark Hansen
Break
All
Aviation Infrastructure Performance and Airline
Cost
Mark Hansen
Afternoon Session
1:00 – 2:20
2:20 – 2:35
2:35 – 4:00
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