Simulating Collision Probabilities of Landing Airplanes at Nontowered Airports

SIMULATION

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-31

  Shortle, John F ^a   Xie, Yue ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Donohue, George L ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

airplane collisions; Aviation safety; rare event simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AIRPORTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AIRPLANE COLLISIONS; AVIATION SAFETY; NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ORGANIZER AND PERTURBATION ANALYZER;

AVIATION;

EID: 1842422172     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549704042028     Document Type: Article

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