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Whereas, the Federal Aviation Administration has developed criteria for comparing aircraft delays with airfield improvements, such criteria has not been es- tablished for other airfield facilities. This should be accomplished on the basis of conditions peculiar to the area which is to be served by the master plan airport. Cost benefit analysis, as described above, should be incorporated in the study of the economic feasibility of improvements proposed in the master plan as de- scribed in Chapter 12. 31. Computer Simulation. In the development of master plans for large complicated airports, it will often be beneficial to subject demand/capacity anal- ysis to computer simulation of airfield and terminal area operations. There is a growing interest in this technique on the part of planners because it reduces greatly the time in which demand/capacity analysis 18 can be accomplished and thus a number of alternative solutions to airport configuration and terminal area concept problems can be expeditiously studied. Past simulations have explored airfield configurations, taxiway complexes, terminal building flows, and, in some cases, simulations have encompassed airport movements from curb space to aircraft flight. In deciding whether computer simulation should be applied to an airport master plan project, the planner should study the latest simulation projects to see if they are adaptable to his effort and should weigh carefully the cost of simulation with the overall esti- mated cost of the master plan effort. As stated previously in this chapter, demand/capacity studies are analytical in nature and provide a basis for the development of the master plan. Computer simulation ,rill serve to expedite demand/capacity analysis but it is not a substitute for creative design. fit s •