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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Kirk A. Vining, Renton, WA (US);
Alvin L. Sipe, Kenmore, WA (US);
Dragos D. Margineantu, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method of optimizing flights of a fleet of aircraft is provided. The method includes accessing flight plans for flights of a fleet of aircraft through an air transportation network, and applying the flight plans to a reinforcement learning model configured to determine maneuvers for each aircraft on a respective flight that achieves a respective maximum cumulative value of an operational efficiency metric across the flights of the fleet of aircraft, one or more of the maneuvers constituting a deviation from a respective flight plan. A comparison of respective maximum cumulative values of the operational efficiency metric is performed for the aircraft of the fleet of aircraft, one of the aircraft is selected based on the comparison, and a notification of the deviation from the respective flight plan is sent to the one of the aircraft.