Airspace design: Towards a rigorous specification of conflict complexity based on computational geometry

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1020, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Fulton, N L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRSPACE DESIGN;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0032638735     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000027779     Document Type: Article

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