Optimal Airport Resource Allocation for Security Check Based on Queuing Theory

Abstract

We study the efficiency of security check and propose an optimal method about airport resources for security check in this paper. First, we examine the process of security check at airports, and utilize the queuing theory to construct the queuing model and calculate the relevant indicators of the queuing system of airport security. Second, we establish the objective programming model of open security checkpoints, whose objective function is the profit of security system in airports. Then, we design the algorithm to solve the above models and conduct the numerical analysis. Finally, we conduct numerical analysis to study optimal airport resource allocation for security check. We show that the objective programming model is simple to calculate, and has practical application value for solving the problem of allocation of the number of security checkpoints at airports and airlines.