| 摘要 |
<p>A process for arranging seats within an airplane to provide optimal combinations of passenger comfort and space utilization. This process involves calculating the average passenger comfort level in each possible row configuration using the comfort levels enjoyed by passengers seated in different seating environments created by adjacent occupied seats, empty seats, sidewalls and aisles, each such comfort level weighted by the portion of passengers who would be seated in the seating environment at each possible load factor and the frequency of occurrence of that load factor. The row configuration with the highest average passenger comfort level is installed in the airplane. The results of this optimization can be enjoyed by passengers in the form of greater comfort, used to increase the number of passenger seats in an airplane without reducing average passenger comfort, or used to reduce the overall dimensions of an airplane without reducing the number of seats in the airplane or reducing average passenger comfort.</p> |
