Separation analysis methodology for designing area navigation arrival procedures

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1319-1330

  Ren, Liling ^a,b,c   Clarke, John Paul B ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AREA NAVIGATION; SEPARATION ANALYSIS; TARGET SPACING; UNINTERRUPTED PROCEDURE EXECUTION;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 35349028330     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27067     Document Type: Article

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