Article: Evaluating reliability in airport baggage handling: a time-based assessment of the individual carrier system Journal: International Journal of Reliability and Safety (IJRS) 2024 Vol.18 No.4 pp.363 - 380 Abstract: The Individual Carrier System (ICS) represents a critical component in airport baggage handling, necessitating rigorous reliability assessments during both its developmental and operational stages. This research introduces an innovative methodology for ICS reliability evaluation centred on baggage transport time. Here, transport time is articulated as an amalgamation of ideal transport time and sequential queuing durations. Building on these foundational models, we have devised a reliability simulation framework that assimilates both deterministic system parameters and stochastic input variables. This integrative approach facilitates the determination of pertinent reliability indices and associated failure probabilities. To underscore the practical implications and robustness of our methodology, we delve into a real-world ICS test system. Our findings illuminate the nuanced interplay between average pallet wait times and total pallet input numbers. Furthermore, we chart the trajectory of the reliability index in relation to initial loading intensities. Such insights bear significant ramifications for both the architectural design of ICS and their operational efficiency within airport environments. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Evaluating reliability in airport baggage handling: a time-based assessment of the individual carrier system

Authors: Xiuqing Yang; Xiaorui Wang; Dongfei Zhao; Wei He; Ting Li

Addresses: Civil Aviation Logistics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan, China ' Civil Aviation Logistics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan, China ' Civil Aviation Logistics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan, China ' Civil Aviation Logistics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan, China ' Civil Aviation Logistics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Abstract: The Individual Carrier System (ICS) represents a critical component in airport baggage handling, necessitating rigorous reliability assessments during both its developmental and operational stages. This research introduces an innovative methodology for ICS reliability evaluation centred on baggage transport time. Here, transport time is articulated as an amalgamation of ideal transport time and sequential queuing durations. Building on these foundational models, we have devised a reliability simulation framework that assimilates both deterministic system parameters and stochastic input variables. This integrative approach facilitates the determination of pertinent reliability indices and associated failure probabilities. To underscore the practical implications and robustness of our methodology, we delve into a real-world ICS test system. Our findings illuminate the nuanced interplay between average pallet wait times and total pallet input numbers. Furthermore, we chart the trajectory of the reliability index in relation to initial loading intensities. Such insights bear significant ramifications for both the architectural design of ICS and their operational efficiency within airport environments.

Keywords: logistics engineering; real-time reliability assessment; tandem queuing model; ICS; individual carrier system; transportation time.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2024.142090

International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2024 Vol.18 No.4, pp.363 - 380

Received: 20 Nov 2023
Accepted: 31 Jan 2024
Published online: 07 Oct 2024 *

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