Pavlik J A, Ludden I G, Jacobson S H
Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America.
J Air Transp Manag. 2022 Mar;99:102175. doi: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2021.102175. Epub 2021 Dec 3.
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between passengers on airplanes is a significant concern and reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 or other viruses aboard aircraft could save lives. Solving the Airplane Seating Assignment Problem (ASAP) produces seating arrangements that minimize transmission risks between passengers aboard an aircraft, but the chosen risk model affects the optimal seating arrangement. We analyze previous risk models and introduce two new risk models, masked and unmasked, based on previous experiments performed aboard real aircraft to test aerosol dispersion of SARS-CoV-2 sized particles. We make recommendations on when each risk model is applicable and the types of seating arrangements that are optimal for each risk model.
新型冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)在飞机乘客之间的传播是一个重大问题,降低飞机上新型冠状病毒2或其他病毒的传播可以挽救生命。解决飞机座位分配问题(ASAP)可以产生能将飞机上乘客之间传播风险降至最低的座位安排,但所选择的风险模型会影响最优座位安排。我们分析了先前的风险模型,并基于在实际飞机上进行的测试SARS-CoV-2大小颗粒气溶胶扩散的实验,引入了两种新的风险模型,即戴口罩和不戴口罩的风险模型。我们针对每种风险模型适用的时机以及每种风险模型的最优座位安排类型提出了建议。