Do air traffic flow problems interact? A preliminary analysis

Author

DeArmon, James S.

Author_Institution

MITRE Corp., McLean, VA

Volume

1

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

195

Lastpage

203

Abstract

In air traffic control, the traffic flow management (TFM) function seeks to optimize the flow of air traffic. A flow is a movement of air traffic, considered as a rate or a cluster, not as individual aircraft. The National Airspace System (NAS) is a complex, interdependent network of airports, airspace, and aircraft. It is observed that a TFM congestion problem at one place in the NAS has air traffic flow effects elsewhere in the system. It is also observed that TFM congestion problems do not necessarily occur singularly, they are frequently coincident. This work investigates whether multiple, coincident TFM problems interact, i.e., whether unanticipated combination effects arise when multiple problems occur simultaneously. The National Airspace System Performance Analysis Capability (NASPAC) simulation model is used

Keywords

air-traffic control; operations research; performance evaluation; scheduling; NAS; National Airspace System; air traffic control; air traffic flow; aircraft; airports; airspace; congestion problem; simulation model; traffic flow management; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Airports; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Computer displays; Delay; Performance analysis; System performance; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6536

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/87.251887

Filename

251887