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Ruwantissa Abeyratne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Artificial Intelligence and Air Transport
Megatrends and Air Transport, 2017Co-Authors: Ruwantissa AbeyratneAbstract:There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will play a prominent role in Air Transport, assisting professionals in the field in developing the industry to deliver even safer Air Transport while reducing its environmental impact. The term “artificial intelligence” has been challenged as connoting emotional intelligence that humans possess. Scientists cannot even imagine a time where computers would acquire emotional intelligence. IBM advocates terms such as “cognitive computing” or “augmented intelligence” to describe what is popularly known as AI for this reason. In this context, AI forms two broad categories: knowledge based intelligence delivered by knowledge based systems (KBS) and computational intelligence which involve neural networks fuzzy systems and evolutionary computing. The former is applied based on the reliance placed by information provided by a human (such as rules and algorithms) while the latter delivers through networks of computational systems. Air Transport involves the use of qualitative and quantitative data but is primarily governed by human involvement, whether in maintenance, Air traffic control or flight deck management. This factor makes it difficult to entirely rely upon mathematical computations or non emotive reasoning in Air Transport.
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Competition and Investment in Air Transport: Legal and Economic Issues
2015Co-Authors: Ruwantissa AbeyratneAbstract:The future of Air Transport law.- Competition in aerospace travel.- Competition and the environment.- Competition and safety.- Competition and innovation in Air Transport.- Market access and subsidies in Air Transport - The US-UAE debate and WTO.- Achieving competitive advantage through connectivity and innovation - An application in Airline hubbing.- Competition and open skies.- The NAFTA free trade model.- Competition law in Air Transport.- Air Transport and the law of investment.- Conclusion.- Appendix.
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Competition and Innovation in Air Transport
Competition and Investment in Air Transport, 2015Co-Authors: Ruwantissa AbeyratneAbstract:Air Transport is a different animal from other aspects of trade, in that it is circumscribed by the need for Airlines to obtain permission of the grantor State to obtain market access. In this context, how does one approach market access in the coming decades. At the most fundamental level, the advantages of free trade as would apply to Air Transport would be that it would encourage States to trade freely with their trading partners which would in turn help in the growth of the global economy; it would give the consumer a better choice of products and competition generated by free trade would bring down the price of the product. Arguments against free trade in Air Transport would be that globalization and liberalization will take jobs away from a State; the limit of imports would keep money in the State; free trade could be a threat to national security and a State could develop dependence on the expertise of other more advanced States. Free trade increases national wealth and promotes foreign investment, both of which are absent in the present structure of market access in many States.
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Regulation of Air Transport: The Slumbering Sentinels
2013Co-Authors: Ruwantissa AbeyratneAbstract:This book investigates the area of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and whether the activities it is undertaking are sufficient to meet the needs of the people of the world for safe, regular, economical, and efficient Air Transport. These activities include assisting States in their liberalization efforts in the market place; updating the Template Air Services Agreement (TASA) to keep pace with regulatory evolution; undertaking and promoting the development of additional regional seminars, training courses, or similar activities for the benefit of States; continuing to monitor regulatory developments; conducting studies on major issues of global importance; providing policy guidance and assistance to States; and continuing to develop relevant databases, such as the Database of the World's Air Services Agreements. The question posed here is whether ICAO should be analyzing trends and guiding the Air Transport industry, instead of continuing to act as merely a forum for global practitioners to gather and update information on their respective countries' Air Transportation policies? This book makes the point that ICAO should be providing direction, just as other agencies of the United Nations do. Through a discussion of key issues affecting the Air Transport industry, such as competition, connectivity, facilitation, and consumer rights, this book addresses ICAO's inability to make a significant difference to Air Transport development. The future of Air Transport regulation is also discussed.
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Sustainable Development of Air Transport
Strategic Issues in Air Transport, 2011Co-Authors: Ruwantissa AbeyratneAbstract:Broadly speaking, the phrase “sustainable development” means development that caters to the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to achieve their needs. Usually, this phrase is used in an environmental sense. However, it could also mean – as in the context of this chapter-development that ensures the sustainability of an industry. The initial and fundamental premise of the Air Transport industry is that the Air Transport sector has never been continuously profitable and that the industry’s profitability has been cyclical. Competition in Air Transport has been a key factor along with the perceived anomalies that are not seen in other Transport modes, such as sovereignty which is a key issue in the award of Air traffic rights and the requirement that ownership and control of an Airline should be in the hands of nationals of a country I which an Airline is registered on a majority basis. All of these factors lead to Air Transport being subject to the Game Theory, which is a branch of applied mathematics that is used in conformity with economic principles. The Game Theory suggests that strategic interactions among economic agents (Air carriers) result in outcomes with respect to their preferences. The success of their choices depends on choices made by others. Apart from Air Transport economics, the Game theory applies to other areas such as security and environmental protection.
Kenneth Button - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Air Transport Liberalization - Air Transport Liberalization
2017Co-Authors: Matthias Finger, Kenneth ButtonAbstract:This groundbreaking book offers a critical and wide-ranging assessment of the global Air Transport liberalization process over the past 40 years. This compilation of world experts on Air Transport economics, policy, and regulation is timely and significant, considering that Air Transport is currently facing a series of new challenges due to technological changes, the emergence of new markets, and increased security concerns.
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Air Transport Networks
2000Co-Authors: Kenneth Button, Roger R. StoughAbstract:Air Transport Networks provides an economic analysis of the way in which the Air Transport industry operates and the nature of the policies that have been adopted to regulate the sector.
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Workshop report on European Air Transport scenarios
Open Access publications, 1998Co-Authors: Aisling J. Reynolds-feighan, Kenneth ButtonAbstract:The aim of this small workshop of invited participants was to consider the prospects for the development of European Air Transport over the next two decades. It forms part of the Air Transport component of the EU's 4th Framework Programme's project MINIMISE (Managing Interoperability by Improvements in Transport System Organisation in Europe) and seeks to provide some expert views on how Air Transport policy at the Union level will need to evolve in order to meet the challenges of achieving optimal interoperability in the medium term. The overall project is multimodal in its orientation but this workshop touches upon other modes only in so far as they are relevant for the development of interoperability in the Air Transport sector. Interoperability can be defined in terms of reducing excessive impediments to the optimal efficiency with which various providers and users of passenger and freight Transport can interact. The aim of the workshop was to provide for a wide ranging discussion, focused around a number of predetermined issues. These issues are -Development of external EU Air Transport relations -Policy regarding strategic Airline alliances -Criteria for awarding subsidies for social based Air services -Policy on predatory behaviour by Airlines -The development of EU Air cargo Transport -Charging for the use of EU Air Transport infrastructure -Criteria for investing in new EU Airport capacity. -The creation of improved Air traffic management -Integration Air Transport with other modes The aim is not to come up with a blue print as to how these and other issues may be resolved but rather to consider how the adoption of different policy options within a variety of alternative futures (e.g. a larger EU area, faster or slower economic growth) will impact on EU Air Transport. The number of futures to be considered is very small, and involved taking just one or two extreme possibilities alongside an 'Expected Future'. The workshop took place at the Bartlett School, University College, London, UK, on 19th December 1997, and involved a small number of invited attendees. This report sets out the workshop’s discussions. Participants were not expected to produce any documentation, the report being written and revised in the light of participant feedback, by MINIMISE members.
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Flying into the Future: Air Transport Policy in the European Union
1998Co-Authors: Kenneth Button, Kingsley E. Haynes, Roger R. StoughAbstract:This book explores the organization of Air Transport in the European Union (EU). It analyses the nature of the industries supplying Air Transport services, the institutional structure of Air Transport services, and impediments to increased efficiency in the provision of Air Transport. The reduction in institutional barriers and regulations has led to a more efficient provision of Air Transport services in the EU. This book assesses the improvements in efficiency of Air Transport services, and highlights institutional and physical problems impeding further efficiency gains. The authors examine Airline operations, and the ability of two or more Transport systems to operate effectively in tandem. They also consider how to make the boundaries between different Transport networks invisible, as well as discussing issues of national organization and the juridical structures which impede operations. The analysis examines both the internal EU market for Air Transport services and the links between it and the rest of the world. Other key issues discussed include: EU Air Transport developments in the context of global markets; comparisons of recent developments in aviation policy between the EU and the United States; the problems of congestion in the Air Transport industry in Europe; and the growth and significance of Airline alliances. The authors not only consider the economics of European Air Transport but also legal, political, technical and geographical issues. They explore the problems of providing Air Transport in the context of inadequate information, institutional constraints, inherent market imperfections and imprecise objectives.
Vladimir Smrz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Security and risk management for Air Transport
43rd Annual 2009 International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, 2009Co-Authors: R.a Volner, Vladimir SmrzAbstract:This paper describes a new intelligent control and diagnostic system for public Air Transport. System operation modes and diagnostic methods were studied during hard/ and software development of public Air Transport. To provide safe operation of equipment, the most important functions are rapid pinpointing of faults and evaluation of defective systems, devices and components.
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Security and crisis management for Air Transport
2008 42nd Annual IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, 2008Co-Authors: R.a Volner, Vladimir SmrzAbstract:This paper describes a new intelligent control and diagnostic system for public Air Transport. System operation modes and diagnostic methods were studied during hard/ and software development of public Air Transport. To provide safe operation of equipment, the most important functions are rapid pinpointing of faults and evaluation of defective systems, devices and components.
Jackson Wynn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Air Transport
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1993Co-Authors: L. W. Brink, B. Neuman, Jackson WynnAbstract:Air Transport has become an integral element of pediatric Transport programs. The use of both fixed-wing (Airplane) and rotorwing (helicopter) Aircraft has increased. Appropriate vehicles configured for the safe and effective transfer of pediatric and neonatal patients are available. As the acuity of patients requiring Air Transport has increased, more sophisticated and specialized training in the areas of flight physiology and Transport medicine is required. The limitations of Air Transport and Air Transport vehicles must be understood to assure that the optimal modality is selected for a specific Transport.
R.a Volner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Information security risk management for Air Transport
Proceedings - International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, 2011Co-Authors: R.a Volner, L.b VolnerAbstract:This paper describes a new intelligent control and diagnostic system for public Air Transport. System operation modes and diagnostic methods were studied during hard/ and software development of public Air Transport. To provide safe operation of equipment, the most important functions are rapid pinpointing of faults and evaluation of defective systems, devices and components. © 2011 IEEE.
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Security and risk management for Air Transport
43rd Annual 2009 International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, 2009Co-Authors: R.a Volner, Vladimir SmrzAbstract:This paper describes a new intelligent control and diagnostic system for public Air Transport. System operation modes and diagnostic methods were studied during hard/ and software development of public Air Transport. To provide safe operation of equipment, the most important functions are rapid pinpointing of faults and evaluation of defective systems, devices and components.
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Security and crisis management for Air Transport
2008 42nd Annual IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, 2008Co-Authors: R.a Volner, Vladimir SmrzAbstract:This paper describes a new intelligent control and diagnostic system for public Air Transport. System operation modes and diagnostic methods were studied during hard/ and software development of public Air Transport. To provide safe operation of equipment, the most important functions are rapid pinpointing of faults and evaluation of defective systems, devices and components.
