Stability of intersecting aircraft flows using heading-change maneuvers for conflict avoidance

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-369

  Mao, Zhi Hong ^b   Dugail, David ^c   Feron, Eric ^a,d   Bilimoria, Karl ^e,f,g  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c DASSAULT AVIATION   (France)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Research Group on Future Air traffic control Concepts for NASA's Airspace Systems Program   (United States)

^g American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft flow; Conflict resolution; Domino effect; Heading change maneuver

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FLOW; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; DOMINO EFFECT; HEADING-CHANGE MANEUVER;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 29544442551     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2005.858789     Document Type: Article

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