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ArticleHeliyon2020

Recommendations for emerging air taxi network operations based on online review analysis of helicopter services.

Suchithra Rajendran, Emily Pagel

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suchithra RajendranDepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Emily PagelDepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
University of Missouri · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of traffic congestion are adverse, primarily including air pollution, commuter stress, an increase in vehicle operating costs, and accidents on road. In efforts to alleviate these problems in metropolitan cities, logistics companies plan to introduce a new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) service called air taxis. These are electric-powered vehicles that would be tested and operated in the forthcoming years by international transportation companies like Airbus, Uber, and Kitty Hawk. Since these flying taxis are an emerging mode of transportation, it is necessary to provide recommendations for initial design, implementation, and operation. This study proposes managerial insights for these upcoming UAM services by analyzing online customer reviews and conducting an internal assessment of helicopter operations. Helicopters are similar to air taxis in regards to their vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) operations, and therefore, customer reviews pertaining to the former can enable us to obtain insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the short-distance aviation service, in general. A four-stage sequential approach is used in this research, wherein online reviews are mined in

Indexed as

Air taxiEnvironmental assessmentHelicopter servicesIndustrial engineeringInformation scienceOnline customer reviewsPsychologySystems engineeringText analyticsUrban air mobility (UAM)Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)

Identifiers

PMID33305048
PMCPMC7718454
OpenAlexW3035803650

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Registered trials

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