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Supporting Platform for Airport Decision-making and Efficiency Analysis, Phase 2

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Infrastructure Node
Total project cost
€12 842 715
EU Contribution
€7 688 395
Project website
Project Acronym
SPADE-2
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Airborne icon
Transport policies
Decarbonisation,
Societal/Economic issues
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Call for proposal
FP6-2004-TREN-3
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context

One of the major challenges in the Strategic Research Agenda for European Aeronautics is that airport utilisation will be able to accommodate increasing traffic without undue delays, while preserving safety, improving efficiency and service, and reducing the burden on the environment. This implies that airport stakeholders and policy makers face challenging airport decision-making questions with strong interdependencies and with often conflicting objectives.

The decision-making process and implementation for dealing with the decision-making questions involve the deployment of technical expertise or decision support in:

  • Knowledge of the problem domain and scope;
  • Knowledge of (selecting and using) tools capable of supporting the particular decisions;
  • Interpretation of tool results in the particular decision-making context; and
  • Availability of appropriate data fulfilling the particular decision-making and tool requirements.
Objectives

In response to the decision-making requirements the objective of the SPADE-2 Project was to design (if and where necessary – in addition to use cases designed during Phase 1), implement, test and evaluate appropriate use cases that are seamlessly integrated in a user-friendly computational platform (for instance, decision-support system) for airport stakeholders and policy makers. This system provides support in airport (both airside and terminal) design, development and planning, allowing integrated impact and trade-off analyses for a variety of measures of airport effectiveness (for example, capacity, delay, level of service, environment, and third-party risk). Use cases are a wizard-type use of an integrated set of tools assisting airport-domain experts in addressing widely arising airport planning, development or design questions (what-if) without requiring familiarity with the tools themselves.

The SPADE-2 Project was Phase 2 of two phases. Phase 1 (and previous) phase dealt with the development of a complete design of the decision-support system and the implementation of an early prototype of the system. By means of this prototype a visual example of the system to potential users was provided. Phase 2 concerned the actual implementation, testing and validation of the system.

Methodology

As indicated the SPADE System was based on the concept of use cases. The ultimate objective of use cases is to help airport-domain experts analyse the various airport performance trade-offs involved in each case and to provide appropriate decision support. This concept enables the user to perform the analysis under consideration through 'pre-structured' and built-in, 'wizard-type' navigation aids in a single run by shielding the user from the complicated model and tool world: enabling him/her to focus on the real question to be addressed. The system contains a specific set of use cases.

The activities in the SPADE-2 Project followed a standard lifecycle and consisted of five major activities:

  1. Preparation. The results and feedback of the SPADE Project (Phase 1) were assessed so as to update and detail the activities to be performed in the SPADE-2 Project.
  2. Implementation and testing of system components. The system generic components (i.e., components that are generic to the system and which may be used by different use cases) were implemented and tested.
  3. Implementation, testing and integration of use cases. Each use case was implemented and tested: its input and output interface, and its computational component. Furthermore, the implemented and tested use cases were seamlessly integrated into the SPADE System.
  4. Validation. Any areas where the design and implementation of the use cases and the overall system did not properly support the provision of the functionality specified, the use-case requirements were identified and any correction was carried out.
  5. Field exploitation and dissemination. This activity concerned an operational assessment of the system by airport stakeholders in their real environment, and the determination of the future use and commercial exploitation of the final system. Also two User Group Meetings and a World-wide Conference (on airport performance assessment) were organised.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)

Results

The main results of the SPADE-2 Project are a user-friendly, fully tested decision-support system for airport development, planning and design,with regards to integration, validation against requirements, and usability and operational assessment. And a set of use cases that are seamlessly integrated into this system. The system will enable airport stakeholders and policy makers to perform integrated impact assessments in the various levels of decision making through pre-structured paths and built-in, 'wizard-type' navigation aids.

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Stichting Centrum Voor De Ontwikkeling Van Transport En Logistiek In Europa
Address
Van Nelleweg 1, 3044 BC Rotterdam, Netherlands
Organisation website
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Sicta - Sistemi Innovativi Per Il Controllo Del Traffico Aereo
Address
Via Fulco Ruffo di Calabria c/o Aeroporto di Capodichino, NAPOLI, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Office National D' Etudes Et De Recherches Aérospatiales
Address
29, avenue de la Division Leclerc, BP72 CHÂTILLON CEDEX, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Athens University Of Economics And Business - Research Center
Address
Kefallinias, 11251 Athens, Greece
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Airport Research Center Gmbh
Address
Bismarckstrasse 61, AACHEN, Germany
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Schiphol Nederland B.v.
Address
Evert Van De Beekstraat 202, 1118CP Luchthaven Schiphol, Netherlands
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Athens International Airport S.a.
Address
Odos Spata Attikis, 19019 Spata, Greece
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
International Air Transport Association
Address
Place Victoria 800, Montreal H4Z 1M1, Canada
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Cfr
Address
Via Savonarola 9, FERRARA, Italy
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Polar Consultores
Address
Condesa de Venadito 5, MADRID, Spain
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Entidad Pública Empresarial Aeropuertos Españoles Y Navegación Aérea
Address
Arturo Soria 109, 28043 Madrid, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Ingeniera De Sistemas Para La Defensa De Espana Sa
Address
Edison, 4, 28028 MADRID, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Deutsches Zentrum Fr Luft Und Raumfahrt E.v
Address
Linder Hoehe, 51147 KOELN, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Ingenieria Y Economía Del Transporte S.a.
Address
Paseo Habana 138, 28036 MADRID, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Ecorys Nederland B.v.
Address
Watermanweg 44NL-3067 GG, 3000 AD ROTTERDAM, Netherlands
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Incontrol Management Consultants B.v.
Address
Planetenbaan 21, MAARSSEN, Netherlands
EU Contribution
€0
Organisation
Delft University Of Technology
Address
Julianalaan 134, 2628 BL Delft, Netherlands
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€0

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