Evaluation of improved pushback forecasts derived from airline ground operations data

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication

Volumn , Issue JAN., 2005, Pages 25-43

  Carr, Francis ^a,b   Theis, Georg ^a,b   Clarke, John Paul ^a,b   Feron, Eric ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dept of Elec Eng and Comp Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; GROUND OPERATIONS; HAZARDS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC; HAZARD RATES; PUSHBACK FORECASTS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 18444402789     PISSN: 15429423     EISSN: 15429423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5730     Document Type: Article

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