The airport gate assignment problem – multi-objective optimization versus evolutionary multi-objective optimization

In this paper, we approach the Airport Gate Assignment Problem by Multi-objective Optimization as well as Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization. We solve a bi-criteria formulation of this problem by the commercial mixed-integer programming solver CPLEX and a dedicated Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization algorithm. To deal with multiple objectives, we apply a methodology that we developed earlier to capture decision-maker preferences in multi-objective environments. We present the results of numerical tests for these two approaches.