National Airspace Sector Occupancy and conflict analysis models for evaluating scenarios under the Free-Flight paradigm

Transportation Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-336

  Sherali, Hanif D ^a   Smith, J Cole ^a   Trani, Antonio A ^a   Sale, Srinivas ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AVIATION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; OPTIMIZATION; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTER MODELS (AEM); AIRSPACE SECTOR OCCUPANCY MODELS (AOM);

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 0034314071     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.34.4.321.12326     Document Type: Article

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