A satisficing approach to free flight

Author

Johnson, E.R. ; Hill, I.C. ; Archibald, K. ; Frost, R.L. ; Stirling, W.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 March 2005

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

128

Abstract

Proposed enhancements to centralized air traffic control lead to a distributed control scheme giving pilots more autonomy but requiring more support for on-board decision-making. Satisficing decision theory offers a useful framework for intelligent decision support in distributed multiagent systems. Satisficing theory uses social utility functions that enhance the ability of the agents to perform cooperatively. Simulations of air traffic demonstrate that systems of autonomous agents employing satisficing decision-making are viable, in terms of both performance and computational overhead.

Keywords

air traffic control; centralised control; decision support systems; distributed control; distributed decision making; multi-agent systems; centralized air traffic control; distributed control scheme; distributed multiagent system; free flight; intelligent decision support; on-board decision-making; satisficing decision theory; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Airports; Automation; Centralized control; Costs; Distributed control; Fuels; Multiagent systems; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking, Sensing and Control, 2005. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8812-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSC.2005.1461173

Filename

1461173