title: Impact of sequential disorder on the scaling behavior of airplane boarding time.
abstract: Airplane boarding process is an example where disorder properties of the system are relevant to the emergence of universality classes. Based on a simple model, we present a systematic analysis of finite-size effects in boarding time, and propose a comprehensive view of the role of sequential disorder in the scaling behavior of boarding time against the plane size. Using numerical simulations and mathematical arguments, we find how the scaling behavior depends on the number of seat columns and the range of sequential disorder. Our results show that new scaling exponents can arise as disorder is localized to varying extents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Yongjoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Meesoon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Hawoong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D064870:Air Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D014850:Waiting Lists