A distributed simulation model of air traffic in the national airspace system

Author

Blair, Eric L. ; Wieland, Frederick P. ; Zukas, Anthony E.

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Aviat. Syst. Dev., Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 Dec 1995

Firstpage

1116

Lastpage

1123

Abstract

The study of air transportation systems is a prime opportunity for the application of simulation modeling. The complexity and highly interdependent nature of the national air transportation system makes it difficult to study, even through simulation. As a result, models of this system are typically large and require long run times. This paper reports on a model designed to apply the emerging technology of parallel/distributed computing to facilitate the rapid analysis of national-scope air transportation systems. The model makes extensive use of the SPEEDES distributed simulation support software developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory by Dr. Jeff Steinman

Keywords

aerospace simulation; air traffic control; parallel processing; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; SPEEDES distributed simulation support software; air traffic; air transportation systems; complexity; distributed computing; distributed simulation model; emerging technology; national airspace system; parallel computing; rapid analysis; simulation modeling; Air traffic control; Air transportation; Aircraft navigation; Airports; Business; Computational modeling; Delay; FAA; Joining processes; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1995. Winter

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-78033018-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1995.478970

Filename

478970