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    "abstract": "We show that airplane boarding can be asymptotically modeled by 2-dimensional\nLorentzian geometry. Boarding time is given by the maximal proper time among\ncurves in the model. Discrepancies between the model and simulation results are\nclosely related to random matrix theory. We then show how such models can be\nused to explain why some commonly practiced airline boarding policies are\nineffective and even detrimental.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0512020",
    "authors": [
      "Eitan Bachmat",
      "Daniel Berend",
      "Luba Sapir",
      "Steven Skiena",
      "Natan Stolyarov"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.soc-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/0305-4470/39/29/L01",
    "journal_ref": "J.Phys.A39:L453-L459,2006",
    "title": "Analysis of airplane boarding via space-time geometry and random matrix   theory",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512020"
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