Probabilistic trajectory prediction and conflict detection for air traffic control

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1779-1789

  Liu, Weiyi ^a   Hwang, Inseok ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; AVIATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMBER THEORY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORIES;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORY; GAUSSIAN RANDOM VARIABLE; LINEAR HYBRID SYSTEMS; NEXT-GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; REACHABILITY ANALYSIS; STATE DEPENDENT TRANSITIONS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 81855167736     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.53645     Document Type: Article

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