Feedback control of the National Airspace System

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 832-846

  Le Ny, Jerome ^a,c   Balakrishnan, Hamsa ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Levine Hall L465 ^*  (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; FEEDBACK CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; AIRCRAFT FLOWS; AIRSPACE SECTORS; EULERIAN MODELS; NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; RUNWAY CAPACITY; SCHEDULING AND ROUTING;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 79955786063     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.51203     Document Type: Article

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