of its most significant contributions to date. Examples
of important topics that are either not covered
at all or are touched on peripherally include: aviation
safety and security, airline fleet planning, airline
staffing, airline maintenance planning, aircraft loading,
and decision support tools for the management
of airport operations (e.g., gate assignments). Moreover,
the specific topics and contributions that are
highlighted are presented in nonquantitative terms
and largely reflect the authors’ own interests. In addition
to the bibliographic references associated with
these contributions, other survey papers, which provide
additional details and references, are cited whenever
possible.