An automatic generation of schematic maps to display Flight Routes for Air Traffic Controllers: Structure and color optimization

Proceedings of the Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces AVI

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 233-240

  Hurter, Christophe ^a,b,c   Serrurier, Mathieu ^b   Alonso, Roland ^b,c   Tabart, Gilles ^a,b,c   Vinot, Jean Luc ^a,b,c  

^a ENAC   (France)

^b IRIT   (France)

^c DSNA/DTI/R and D   (France)

Author keywords

Air Traffic Controller; Colors assignment; Schematic maps; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; AUTOMATIC GENERATION; FLIGHT ROUTE; METRO MAPS; NETWORK VISUALIZATION; NP COMPLETE PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT; SCHEMATIC MAPS;

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRPORT BUILDINGS; COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTROL TOWERS; CONTROLLERS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 77957936248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1842993.1843034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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