KNOWLEDGE-BASED CABIN CREW PATTERN GENERATOR

The problem of designing cabin crew patterns according to flight sched ules is an important aspect of resource management for the airline ind ustries. So far, there have been very few discussions on the detailed design of such systems. The paper describes a knowledge-based approach to the problem and presents the design and implementation issues. A p rototype known as the Cabin Crew Pattern Generator has been successful ly constructed and validated. A hybrid knowledge representation formal ism has been adopted in modelling the system. It is envisaged that min or extensions are needed to the existing prototype to have a fully ope rational cabin crew planning system.