Publications and Papers
- Hendrickson, T.P., M. Nikolic, and J. Rakas, "Selecting climate change mitigation strategies in urban areas through life cycle perspectives," Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, Vol. 135, pp. 1129-1137.
- Ding, W. and J. Rakas, "Economic Impact of Lightning Strike-induced Outages of Air Traffic Control Towers: Case Study of Baltimore-Washington International Airport," Transportation Research Record, 2015, TRR 2501, pp. 76–84.
- Monsalood, A., D. Ho and J. Rakas, "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Strategies within the Airport Sustainability Evaluation Process," Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society, Special Issue: Sustainable Engineering, 2015, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp 414-424.
- Rakas, J., J. Tom, B. Niu, C. Santiago and M. Seelhorst, "Analysis of Air Traffic Control Command Entries and the Impact on Decision Support Tool Performance," Air Traffic Control Quarterly, 2014, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp 1-20.
- Fann, J.C. and J. Rakas, "Greener Airports: Evaluation Method for the Environmental Sustainability of Airport Development Alternatives," Special Issue on Green Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL), 2013, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp 8-31.
- Skaltsas, G., J. Rakas, and M.G. Karlaftis, "An Analysis of Controller-Pilot Miscommunication in the NextGen Environment," Journal of Air Transport Management, 2013, Vol. 27, March 2013, pp. 46-51.
- Fann, J.C and J. Rakas, "Greener Transportation Infrastructure: Theoretical Concepts for the Environmental Evaluation of Airports," Chapter 21, Green Finance and Sustainability: Environmentally-Aware Business Models and Technologies, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-531-5, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 394-421.
- Rakas, J. and M. Dupont, "Impact of New Aviation Vehicles on NextGen Performance in the San Francisco Bay Area", the AIAA's 10th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Fort Worth, Texas, 2010.
- Vidal, A. and J. Rakas (2010), "Impact of Lightning Strikes on National Airspace System (NAS) Outages: A Statistical Approach," 4th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), Budapest, Hungary, 2010.
- Gupta, G, J. Rakas and M. Hansen, "Estimating Infrastructure Condition from a Biased Sample" ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2009, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 383-393.
- Rakas, J., Y. Zhang and V. Ramamurthy, "Airport Performance Predictability Model" Proceedings of the AIAA's 9th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Hilton Head, North Carolina, 2009.
- Yenson, S. and J. Rakas, "Impacts of a Mixed Media Air Traffic Control Communication Environment on Aviation Efficiency,"Proceedings of the 12th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Annual World Conference, Athens, Greece, July 2008.
- Rakas, J. and G. Uang, "Data Link System Implementation in Air Route Traffic Control Centers: Proactive, Reactive, and Interactive Risk Assessment and Management," Proceedings of the 12th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Annual World Conference, Athens, Greece, July 2008.
- Gupta, G., J. Rakas and M. Hansen, "Estimation of Aviation Infrastructure Condition from a Biased Sample," Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transport(ICRAT), Fairfax, VA, June 2008.
- Uang, G., J. Rakas and T. Bolic, "Proactive, Reactive, and Interactive Risk Assessment and Management of URET Implementation in Air Route Traffic Control Centers," Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transport (ICRAT), Fairfax, VA, June 2008.
- Boubert, A., V. Calloud and J. Rakas, "Airlines On-time Performance and Airport Gate Modeling -- Case Study: San Francisco International Airport," Proceedings of the 11th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Annual World Conference, Berkeley, CA, June 2007.
- Messika, B. and J.Rakas, "Aggregate and Disaggregate Modelling of Airport Operations with Localizer Outages: Analysis of Runway Configuration Transitions and Traffic Redistributions," Proceedings of the 11th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Annual World Conference, Berkeley, CA, June 2007.
- Poirier, F., J. Rakas and L. Perry, "The Impact of Aircraft Sizing and Fleet Mix Trends on Airport Design and Gate Modelling," Proceedings of the 11th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) Annual World Conference, Berkeley, CA, June 2007.
- Rakas, J. and S. Yang, " Analysis of Multiple Open Transactions and Controller-pilot Miscommunications," Proceedings of the 7th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Paper No. 274, Spain, Barcelona, 2007.
- Rakas, J. and M. Hecht, " Airport Availability Modeling: a Different Perspective," International Journal of Critical Infrastructure, 2007, Vol. 3, Nos. 3/4, special issue on Transportation Disaster and Degradation Management: Network Reliability, Risk Evaluation, Planning, Crowd Dynamics, and Emergency Evacuation Strategies, pp. 430-456.
- Berkeley, E., J. Rakas and J. Handal, " Does Periodic Maintenance Cause Unscheduled Outages? An Investigation of FAA Equipment Outages," Transportation Research Record, 2006, Vol. 1951, Airlines, Airports, and Airspace: Economic and Infrastructure Analysis, pp. 98-103.
- Zhang, Y., J. Rakas and E. Liu, "Methodology for Estimating Airport Capacity and Throughput Performance using PDARS," Paper No.244, Proceedings of the 10th Annual World Conference, Air Transport Research Society (ATRS), Nagoya, Japan, 2006.
- Rakas, J. and F. Yin, " Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Landing Time Intervals: Case Study - Los Angeles International Airport," Transportation Research Record, 2005, Vol. 1915, Current Issues in Aviation Research: Airports, Airspace and Passenger Management, pp. 69-79.
- Rakas, J. and H. Yin, " Analysis and Modeling of Controller-Pilot Miscommunication Messages," Proceedings of the AIAA's 5th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Paper No. AIAA 2005-7430, Arlington, VA, 2005.
- Rakas, J. and H. Yin, " Modeling the Impact of Equipment Outages on National Airspace System Operations," Proceedings of the AIAA's 5th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Paper No. AIAA 2005-7360, Arlington, VA, 2005.
- Gupta, G., J. Rakas and M. Hansen, " Cost-effective Sampling to Evaluate Condition of Un-staffed Facilities in National Airspace System," Proceedings of the AIAA's 5th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Paper No. AIAA 2005-7494, Arlington, VA, 2005.
- Huifang, Y. M.Hansen, and J.Rakas, " A New Approach to Assess En Route Sector Performance and En Route Delay," Proceedings of the AIAA's 5th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Paper No. AIAA 2005-7484, Arlington, VA, 2005.
- Bolic, T. J. Rakas and H. Hansen, " Controller-Pilot Radio Channel Utilization and Cognitive Issues," Proceedings of the 6th FAA/EUROCONTROL Seminar on ATM Research and Developmentpaper No. 90, Baltimore, MD, 2005.
- Rakas, J., F. Yin and M. Hansen, " Procedural and Operational Consequences of Navigational Equipment Outages: Exploration of Airport Performance," ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2005, Vol. 131, No. 10, pp. 790-801.
- Rakas, J., D. Teodorovic and T. Kim, " Multi-objective Modeling for Determining Location of Undesirable Facilities," Transportation Research D, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 125-138.
- Bennett, M. J., D. Knorr and J. Rakas, " Economic Benefits of Increase in En-route Sector Capacity from Controller-pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)," Transportation Research Record, 2004, Vol. 1888 pp.42-49.
- Rakas, J. and P. Schonfeld, " Deterministic Models for Degraded Airside Capacity and Delays," ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2004, Vol. 130, No. 5, pp. 545-555.
- Rakas, J., W. Jirajaruporn and M. Hansen, " Models for the National Airspace System Infrastructure Performance," Proceedings of the AIAA's 4th Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Paper No. AIAA-2004-6506, Chicago, IL, 2004.
- Rakas, J. and P. Schmit, "Airports Investments Model: Trends after September 11," Proceedings of the 28th International Air Transport Conference, ASCE, Washington, DC, 2004.
- Rakas, J., H. Yin and M. Hansen, " Airport Operations: Modeling and Analysis during Equipment Outages," Proceedings of the AIAA's 3rd Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Technical Forum, Paper No. AIAA-2003-6717, Denver, CO, 2003.
- Rakas, J., M. Hansen, W. Jirajaruporn and T. Bolic, " User Request Evaluation Tool (URET) and Controller-Pilot Data link Communications (CPDLC) Integration Benefits Assessment," Transportation Research Record, 2003, Vol. 1850, pp. 20-29
- Rakas, J. and R. Golaszewski, "Airport Master Plan Critical Examination: Case Study - Lexington Blue Grass Airport," Proceedings of the 27th International Air Transport Conference, ASCE, Orlando, FLA; also appeared in ASCE Air Transport 2002 Book: Designing, Constructing, Maintaining and Financing Today's Airport Projects, Editors: William J. Sproule and Stacy Jansen, 2002.
- Rakas, J. and M. Hansen, " Methodology for Estimating Terminal Airspace Service Availability and System Effectiveness," Proceedings of the 2nd Aircraft Technology, Integration, and Operations Technical Forum (ATIO), Paper No. AIAA-2002-5815, AIAA, Los Angeles, CA, October 2002.
- Rakas et al, "Variable Message Signs Study for Baltimore/Washington DC I-95 Corridor," Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, Sydney, Australia, 2001.
- Rakas, J. and Y.M. Kim, "International Airport and Air Traffic Control Investments: Current Status and Future Trends," Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Traffic Research, Seoul Korea, 2001.
- Rakas, J., "Airport Models: Precision Instrument Landing (ILS) Approach Case," Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Conference of the Operational Research Society, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 2000.
- Donohue, G., Brecht-Clarke, J., Fromme, W., Guffey, D.J., Lebron, J.E., Martel, N., Rakas, J., Schonfeld, P.M. and Yazdani, A., " Airspace and Airports Critical Issues for the 21st Century," Transportation Research Board Millennium Paper, 2000, Committee on Airfield and Airspace Capacity and Delay (A1J05); also appeared as a text-reference in the book Global Civil Aviation and Airport Development, Chapter Airports; publisher: The World Market Research Centre, London, England, 2001.
- Rakas, J. and P. Schonfeld, "Deterministic Models for Airside Capacity and Delays during Equipment Outages," Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 00-0954, Washington, DC, 2000.
- Rakas, J., M. Hecht, X. An, and J. Handal, " Impact of Maintenance Staffing on Availability of the Air Traffic Control Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems," Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 99-0978, Washington, DC, 1999.
- Rakas, J. and Y.M. Kim, "Intelligent Transportation Systems - an Airport Perspective," Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, Seoul, Korea, 1998.