Effect of uncertainty on En Route Descent Advisor (EDA) predictions

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 4th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Forum, ATIO

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 493-510

  Mueller, K Tysen ^a,c   Bortins, Richard ^a,c   Schleicher, David R ^a,c   Sweet, Doug ^a,c   Coppenbarger, Richard A ^b,d  

^a Seagull Technology Inc   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Air Transportation Group   (United States)

^d Automation Concepts Research Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PRESSURE; EN ROUTE DESCENT ADVISOR (EDA); MATLAB TRAJECTORY SYNTHESIZER (TS) SIMULATIONS;

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 19644370605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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