On Optimal Cooperative Conflict Resolution for Air Traffic Management Systems

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-231

  Bicchi, Antonio ^a,b   Pallottino, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air traffic (AT) management systems; Conflict resolution; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000742104     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6979.898228     Document Type: Article

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