Airport Baggage Handling Systems: Using the Baggage Factory Approach to Support AI Optimisation, Decisions, and Design Processes

The competition between airports demands higher quality services to satisfy passengers. A Baggage Handling System (BHS) serves functions such as baggage sorting, screening, and storage. A successful BHS means bags move between areas as travelers do. An automated BHS can save money and bring safety and operational benefits, bringing the airport and baggage handling business closer to the more technologically advanced warehouses and automotive industries.

Airport Baggage Handling Systems: Using the Baggage Factory Approach to Support AI Optimisation, Decisions, and Design Processes introduces the concept of the Baggage Factory (BF), an Industry 4.0 based approach that simplifies baggage handling processes from the moment passengers drop off their bags at check-in until the destination. The book presents how BHS designers can use AI technology, bridging the gap between airport BHS designers and experts in AI and optimization. It describes algorithms for sorting bags or optimizing the flow and details how systems are designed. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the BHS industry and how it affects the daily lives of travelers.

International and multidisciplinary in approach, this book is an ideal resource for practitioners, students, and researchers involved in the air transportation industry, Tourism, Systems Engineering, Layout, and Design, Artificial Intelligence, Assembly Automation, and Logistics fields.