The five papers in this issue are reports on research topics chosen by graduate students selected for awards from a nationwide competition under the fifth (1990-1991) Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues. This program is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration and administered by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Its purpose is to stimulate thought, discussion, and research by those who may become the future managers and policy makers in aviation. The papers were presented at the 71st TRB Annual Meeting in January 1992.

This book provides an updated, concise summary of forecasting air travel demand methodology. It looks at air travel demand forecasting research and attempts to outline the whole intellectual landscape of demand forecasting. It helps readers to understand the basic idea of TEI@I methodology used in forecasting air travel demand and how it is used in developing air travel demand forecasting methods. The book also discusses what to do when facing different forecasting problems making it a useful reference for business practitioners in the industry.

Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.