Optimal Strategies for Free-Flight Air Traffic Conflict Resolution

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-211

  Menon, P K ^a   Sweriduk, G D ^a   Sridhar, B ^b  

^a OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS INC   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONFLICT RESOLUTION ALGORITHMS; FREE-FLIGHT CONCEPT;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0033096906     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4384     Document Type: Article

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