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HUB NETWORKS AND SIMULATED SCHEDULE DELAY
Author(s) -
Grove Peter G.,
O'Kelly Morton E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1986.tb00985.x
Subject(s) - schedule , service (business) , business , operations research , computer science , operations management , transport engineering , telecommunications , economics , marketing , engineering , operating system
Hub and spoke networks imply a tradeoff between congestion and service levels, and are important to understanding the nature of the contemporary airline industry. Further, the hub and spoke network is emerging as the central component of airline network planning and since such a strategy promises to channel a greater proportion of flights to a smaller number of major airports, it follows that the potential for air system congestion will continue to rise. In this paper, the relationship between hub and spoke networks and congestion is analyzed.