A probabilistic measure of air traffic complexity in 3-D airspace

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 813-829

  Prandini, Maria ^a   Putta, Vamsi ^b   Hu, Jianghai ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air traffic complexity; Air traffic management; Probability of conflict

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; AIR TRAFFICS; COMPLEXITY MEASURES; CONFLICT SITUATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PROBABILISTIC MEASURES; PROBABILITY OF CONFLICT; PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS; TIMELY IDENTIFICATION;

PROBABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 78649694031     PISSN: 08906327     EISSN: 10991115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acs.1192     Document Type: Article

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