Real-time knowledge-based support for air traffic management

Author

Schlatter, Urs R.

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

24

Abstract

Swissair, in collaboration with IBM, has developed a knowledge-based client/server system called Swissair Advanced Logical Tarmac Occupation (Salto). Salto is a real-time knowledge-based support system which is used at several airports to allocate aircraft to tarmac stands based on almost continuous updates from an existing host computer. The system alerts users to conflicts, proposes solutions, and plans for adjustments to flight schedules or special circumstances.<>

Keywords

air traffic computer control; airports; distributed processing; knowledge based systems; planning (artificial intelligence); real-time systems; scheduling; IBM; Salto; Swissair Advanced Logical Tarmac Occupation; air traffic management; aircraft allocation; airports; alerts; almost continuous updates; conflicts; flight schedule adjustments; host computer; knowledge-based client/server system; planning; real-time knowledge-based support system; special circumstances; tarmac stands; Aircraft; Communication system control; Displays; Kernel; Knowledge management; Local area networks; Management information systems; Token networks; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IEEE Expert

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-9000

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/64.311275

Filename

311275