Publications overview

We regularly publish our research results and try to make the publications available to all interested parties. In recent years, the number of open access publications has increased, so you can access most articles directly. If you do not have access, you are welcome to request a digital copy of the article from us.

Publications 2024

Journal articles

Efficiency assessment in European air traffic management—A fundamental analysis of data, models, and methods
T Standfuss, G Hirte, M Schultz, H Fricke. Journal of Air Transport Management 115, 2024, 102523

 

Conference contributions

A Dynamic Debris Hazard Corridor for Space and Air Traffic Management
I Dhief, W Zhou, Z Wang, S Alam, S Kaltenhäuser, T Rabus, M Schultz. Annual Space Traffic Management Conference 2024

 

All publications

2023

Journal articles

Untangling Complexity in ASEAN Air Traffic Management through Time-Varying Queuing Models
E Itoh, K Tominaga, M Schultz, VN Duong. Aerospace 204, 11, 11

A combined optimization–simulation approach for modified outside-in boarding under COVID-19 regulations including limited baggage compartment capacities
M Schultz, M Soolaki, M Salari, E Bakhshian. Journal of Air Transport Management 106(2023) 102258

 

Conference contributions

Introduction of moving sectors for flow-centric airspace management
 M Schultz, K Tominaga, E Itoh, VN Duong. SESAR Innovation Days 2023

Designing a Framework of Integrated AircraftDeparture and Surface Traffic Operation via Queuing Network Models
E Itoh, M Schultz. Fifteenth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar 2023

Flow-Centric Air Traffic Control: Human in the Loop Simulation Experiment
AS Bin Jumad, K Tominaga, XY Chua, E Itoh, M Schultz, VN Duong. Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) 2023

Efficient and risk-minimised boarding and disembarking into the narrow aircraft cabin
M Schultz, M Soolaki, O Michler, E Itoh. ATRS World Conference 2023

Operational Feasibility Assessment of the Free Route Airspace Concept in the ASEAN Region
K Tominaga, ACK Wen, J Sultana, M Schultz, E Itoh, VN Duong. ATRS World Conference 2023

Two-phase joint optimization of GSE routing and airport stand assignment under the consideration of ground handling time sequence
Y Gao, TQ Tang, F Cao, H Fricke, M Schultz. ATRS World Conference 2023

 

Invited talks, presentations

The Future of Air Transportation
International Workshop on Pedestrian Crowd, Advanced Logistics, and Aerospace MobilityWorkshop
M Schultz. Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo

Development of moving sectors to enable efficient air/ space operations
Air & Space Traffic Integration Workshop
M Schultz. Air Traffic Management Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2022

Fachartikel

A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Airport Departure Metering Under Spatial–Temporal Airside Interactions
H Ali , DT Pham , S Alam , M Schultz. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022, 1-18.

Towards a greener Extended-Arrival Manager in air traffic control: A heuristic approach for dynamic speed control using machine-learned delay prediction model
Lim Zhi Jun, Sameer Alam, Imen Dhief, Michael Schultz (2022). Journal of Air Transport Management 103, 102250

Multipath-Assisted Radio Sensing and State Detection for the Connected Aircraft Cabin
J Ninnemann, P Schwarzbach, M Schultz, O Michler. Sensors 22 (8), 2859

Long Range Air Traffic Flow Management with Flight-Specific Flight Performance
J Rosenow, E Asadi, D Lubig, M Schultz, H Fricke. Future Transportation 2 (2), 310-327

Data-driven airport management enabled by operational milestones derived from ADS-B messages
M Schultz, J Rosenow, X Olive. Journal of Air Transport Management 99, 102164

Modeling Aircraft Departure at a Runway Using a Time-Varying Fluid Queue
E Itoh, M Mitici, M Schultz. Aerospace 9 (3), 119

Stochastic Delay Cost Functions to Estimate Delay Propagation Under Uncertainty
J Evler, M Schultz, H Fricke, A Cook. IEEE Access 10, 21424-21442

An Adaptive Framework for Optimization and Prediction of Air Traffic Management (Sub-) Systems with Machine Learning
S Reitmann, M Schultz. Aerospace 9 (2), 77

Integration of turnaround and aircraft recovery to mitigate delay propagation in airline networks
J Evler, M Lindner, H Fricke, M Schultz. Computers & Operations Research 138, 105602

 

Konferenzbeiträge

Towards Automated Apron Operations - Training of Neural Networks for Semantic Segmentation using Synthetic LiDAR Sensors
M Schultz, S Reitmann, B Jung, S Alam. Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

Synthetic Training of Neural Networks for Semantic Segmentation of LiDAR Point Clouds
M Schultz, S Reitmann, B Jung, S Alam. International Workshop on ATM/CNS (IWAC)

Agent-based modeling to support collaborative decision making in predictable airport ground operations
M Luo, H Fricke, M Schultz, B. Desart, S.R. Zapata. SESAR Innovation Days 2022

Traffic Forecasts and their Influence on the Environment
T Standfuss, I Galarraga, I Ruiz de Gauna, M Whittome, M Schultz. Aviation and Tourism-Post Pandemic Recovery: Challenges & Solutions 2023

Pandemiegerechte Passagierprozesse in der Flugzeugkabine
M Schultz, M Soolaki, J Fuchte, O Michler, P Schwarzbach. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK)

Informationstechnisches Potential Integrierter Kommunikationssysteme zur Zustandserkennung im Kontext der vernetzten Flugzeugkabine
P Schwarzbach, J Ninnemann, O Michler, M Schultz. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK)

Developing a departure queue model for integrated arrival and departure operations of runways
Eri Itoh, Daiki Iwata, Michael Schultz. International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)

Reduced transmission risks for passenger operations during COVID-19 pandemic
Michael Schultz, Majid Soolaki, Oliver Michler, Eri Itoh. International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)

Estimating Aircraft Departure Queue at a Runway Applying the Time-Varying Fluid Queue Model
D Iwata, E Itoh, M Schultz. ATRS World Conference

Data-driven fusion of turnaround sub-processes to predict aircraft ground time
M Luo, M Schultz, H Fricke, B Desart. ATRS World Conference

Integrated Airside Landside Framework To Assess Passenger Missed Connections with Airport Departure Metering
H Ali, DT Pham, S Alam, M Schultz. International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT)

How to benchmark Air Navigation Service Providers?
T Standfuß, G Hirte, M Schultz. International Transportation Economics Association (ITEA) Conference

 

Eingeladene Vorträge, Präsentationen

Passenger Cabin Operations
M Schultz. SIA-NUS Digital Aviation Corporate Laboratory, National University of  Singapore

Dynamic airspace sectorization and mobile sectors
M Schultz. Guest Lecture ATMRI, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Passenger management considering COVID constraints
M Schultz. International Workshop on The Latest Research Trends in Air Traffic Management and Surveillance Technology Supporting Airport Operations

2021

Journal articles

Optimal Schedule Recovery for the Aircraft Gate Assignment with Constrained Resources
E Asadi, M Schultz, H Fricke (2021). Computers and Industrial Engineering 162, 107682

The impact of automation on air traffic controller’s behaviors
Y Wang, R Hu, S Lin, M Schultz, D Delahaye (2021). Aerospace 8(9), 260

Implementation of a Long-Range Air Traffic Flow Management for the Asia-Pacific Region
M Schultz, D Lubig, E Asadi, J Rosenow, E Itoh, S Athota, V Duong (2021). IEEE Access 9, 124640-124659

Predictive classification and understanding of weather impact on airport performance through machine learning
M Schultz, S Reitmann, S Alam (2021). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 131, 103119

Optimized aircraft disembarkation considering COVID-19 regulations
M Schultz, M Soolaki (2021). Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 1-21

Probabilistic Prediction of Separation Buffer to Compensate for the Closing Effect on Final Approach
S Förster, M Schultz, H Fricke (2021). Aerospace 8 (2), 29

Analytical approach to solve the problem of aircraft passenger boarding during the coronavirus pandemic
M Schultz, M Soolaki (2021). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 102931

 

Conference contributions

Modeling the European air transportation network considering inter-airport coordination
D Lubig, M Schultz, J Evler, H Fricke, F Herrema, RB Montes, B Desart (2021). 11th SESAR Innovation Days

The Rise of the Smart Passenger I: Analysis of impact on Departing Passenger Flow in Airports
MM Mota, P Scala, M Schultz, D Lubig, M Luo, EJ Perez (2021). 11th SESAR Innovation Days

Propagation of Airport Capacity Improvements to the Air Transport Network
D Lubig, M Schultz, H Fricke, F Herrema, RB Montes, B Desart (2021). IEEE/AIAA 40th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 1-10

Agent-based simulation for aircraft stand operations to predict ground time using machine learning
M Luo, M Schultz, H Fricke, B Desart, F Herrema, RB Montes (2021). IEEE/AIAA 40th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 1-8

Air taxi flight performance modeling and application
R Brühl, H Fricke, M Schultz (2021). USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar

COVID-19: Passenger Boarding and Disembarkation
M Schultz, M Soolaki, E Bakhshian, M Salari, J Fuchte (2021). USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar

Flight Prioritization and Turnaround Recovery
J Evler, M Schultz, H Fricke (2021). USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar

COVID-19-related challenges for new normality in airport terminal operations
M Schultz, M Luo, D Lubig, MM Mota, P Scala (2021). Winter Simulation Conference

2020

Journal articles

Future aircraft turnaround operations considering post-pandemic requirements
M Schultz, J Evler, E Asadi, H Preis, H Fricke, CL Wu (2020). Journal of Air Transport Management 89, 101886

Evaluation of Strategies to Reduce the Cost Impacts of Flight Delays on Total Network Costs
J Rosenow, P Michling, M Schultz, J Schönberger (2020). Aerospace 7 (11), 165

Analytical approach to solve the problem of aircraft passenger boarding during the coronavirus pandemic
M Schultz, M Soolaki (2020). arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.16021

Evaluation of Technology-Supported Distance Measuring to Ensure Safe Aircraft Boarding during COVID-19 Pandemic
P Schwarzbach, J Engelbrecht, A Michler, M Schultz, O Michler (2020). Sustainability 12 (20), 8724

Evaluation of aircraft boarding scenarios considering reduced transmissions risks
M Schultz, J Fuchte (2020). Sustainability 12 (13), 5329

From free-route air traffic to an adapted dynamic main-flow system
I Gerdes, A Temme, M Schultz (2020). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 115

 

Conference contributions

Concept of a Long-Range Air Traffic Flow ManagementOnline Presentation
M Schultz, D Lubig, J Rosenow, E Itoh, S Athota, VN Duong (2020). 10th SESAR Innovation Days

Devising Strategies for Aircraft Arrival Processes via Distance-based Queuing Models
E Itoh, M Schultz, S Athota, VN Duong (2020). 10th SESAR Innovation Days

Speed Control Strategies for E-AMAN using Holding Detection-Delay Prediction Model
I Dhief, ZJ Lim, SK Goh, DT Pham, S Alam, M Schultz (2020). 10th SESAR Innovation Days

Development of stochastic delay cost functions
J Evler, M Schultz, H Fricke, A Cook (2020). 10th SESAR Innovation Days

Using Open Source Data for Landing TimePrediction with Machine Learning Methods
G Chen, J Rosenow, M Schultz, O Okhrin (2020). Proceedings 59 (1), 5 - 8th OpenSky Symposium

Analysis of airport ground operations based on ADS-B data
M Schultz, X Olive, J Rosenow, H Fricke, S Alam (2020). International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics for Air Transportation

Dynamic hot spot prediction by learning spatial-temporal utilization of taxiway intersections
H Ali, R Delair, D T Pham, S Alam, M Schultz (2020). Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in Air Transportation

Creating the future airport passenger experience: IMHOTEP
MM Mota, P Scala, R Herranz, M Schultz, E Jimenez (2020). The International Multidisciplinary Modeling & Simulation Multiconference (I3M)

Future Demand and Optimum Distribution of Droneports
Y Zeng, KH Low, M Schultz, and VN Duong (2020). IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)

Short-Term Trajectory Prediction Using Generative Machine Learning Methods
TH Le, PN Tran, DT Pham, M Schultz, S Alam (2020). International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT)

Droneport Placement Optimization and Capacity Prediction
Y Zeng, LK Huat, VN Duong, M Schultz (2020). International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT)

Predicting Aircraft Landing Time in Extended-TMA Using Machine Learning Methods
I Dhief, Z Wang, M Liang, S Alam, M Schultz, D Delahaye (2020). International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT)

Aircraft performance-based redesign of airport obstacle limitation surfaces
K Ahnert, H Fricke, M Schultz (2020). International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT)

 

Invited talks, presentations

The Connected Aircraft Cabin – Passenger Boarding in the Times of COVID-19
M Schultz (invited talk, 2020). VESS – Virtual EUROSIM Simulation Seminars

Passenger boarding considering COVID19 constraints
M Schultz (invited talk, 2020). 4th International Workshop on Airplane Boarding

Airport Performance Monitoring using ADS-B Data
M Schultz, S Förster, X Olive, E Spinielli, R Koelle (2020). 8th OpenSky Symposium

Data-driven trajectory management at airports ( SlidesVideo)
M Schultz (invited talk, 2020). Applied Machine Learning Days

Media and Awards

In the media

 

Best Paper Awards

Flow-Centric Air Traffic Control: Human in the Loop Simulation Experiment
AS Bin Jumad, K Tominaga, XY Chua, E Itoh, M Schultz, VN Duong (2023). Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, Texas, USA

Agent-Based Simulation for Aircraft Stand Operations to Predict Ground Time Using Machine Learning
M Luo, M Schultz, H Fricke, B Desart, R Barragán Montes, F Herrema (2021). Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, Texas, USA

Advanced Quantification of Weather Impact on Air Traffic Management - Intelligent Weather Categorization with Machine Learning
S Reitmann, S Alam, M Schultz (2019). USA and Europe ATM Seminar, Vienna

Fast Aircraft Turnaround Enabled by Reliable Passenger Boarding
M Schultz (2018) - Aerospace Best Paper -. Aerospace 2018, 5(1), 8

Prediction of Passenger Boarding Process using Neural Network Approach
M Schultz, S Reitmann (2018) - Best Paper of Conference -. International Conference on Research in Airport Transportation (ICRAT), Castelldefels

Modeling external disturbances for aircraft in flight to build reliable 4D trajectories
T Pabst, T Kunze, M Schultz, H Fricke (2013). International Conference on Application and Theory of Automation in Command and Control Systems (ATACCS), Naples

Tradeoff between optimum altitude and contrail layer to ensure maximum ecological en-route performance using the Enhanced Trajectory Prediction Model (ETPM)
M Kaiser, J Rosenow, H Fricke, M Schultz (2012). International Conference on Application and Theory of Automation in Command and Control Systems (ATACCS), London

Turnaround Prediction with Stochastic Process Times and Airport specific Delay Pattern
B Oreschko, T Kunze, M Schultz, H Fricke, V Kumar, L Sherry (2012). International Conference on Research in Airport Transportation (ICRAT), Berkeley

Significant Turnaround Process Variations due to Airport Characteristics
B Oreschko, M Schultz, J Elflein, H Fricke (2010). Air Transport and Operations Symposium (ATOS), Delft

Improving Aircraft Turnaround Reliability
M Schultz, H Fricke (2008). International Conference on Research in Airport Transportation (ICRAT), Fairfax