Overview
Project status: In progress
Airports, as part of international transportation networks, epitomize the notion of a complex socio-technical system characterised by interdependence. Current practices struggle to manage changing contextual factors and contradictory performance criteria like security and passenger facilitation. This project aims to improve the safety, security, efficiency and passenger experience within Australian airports by developing an integrated and adaptive complex systems approach for design, management and operation of complex airports. Outcomes will provide capabilities to identify and manage airport interdependencies, with the goal of improving airport effectiveness and cultivating the flexibility for the sustained growth of airport operations.
This project will enhance the capabilities of Australian airport operators to design and manage complex airport systems. Research outcomes will enable the identification of patterns of behaviour and will provide tools to manage airport effectiveness and balance conflicting security, economic and passenger-driven pressures. Outcomes will improve productivity, enhance capabilities for critical infrastructure protection, and lessen the cost of mandated security, estimated to grow to $152M by 2010 for the five major Australian airports. The deliverables of this project will be transferable to other complex socio-technical systems providing the potential to transform a range of Australian critical infrastructure and transportation hubs.
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