ABSTRACT
Analysis of airport operations is commonly performed in isolation, sharing only simple information such as flight schedules. A system-of-systems methodology is proposed and demonstrated through example. This method provides the decision maker with an improved understanding of the implication of policy decisions, resource allocations, and infrastructure investment strategies, through the capture of emergent behaviors and interdependencies. Further security areas include, but are not limited to, physical access to sites within the airport, staffing, maintenance, and aircraft supplies. A system-of-systems modeling and analysis perspective of an airport has been presented. In order to analyze the airport, new tools and methodologies are required. The tools automate the data collection and analysis required for the detailed models, while the methodologies show how the subsystems can be combined into a high-level model to characterize the system inputs and the interactions between variables of the submodels. The system-of-systems approach has helped to analyze the entire airport’s approach to security.
