Large-scale high-fidelity agent-based simulation in air traffic domain

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 502-525

  Volf, Přemysl ^a   Šišslák, David ^a   Pěchouček, Michal ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Air traffic; Collision avoidance; Large scale simulation; Trajectory planning

Indexed keywords

3-D SPACE; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AIR TRAFFIC; AIR TRAFFIC SIMULATION; AIR TRAFFICS; COMPLEX AGENT; COMPUTATION RESOURCES; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; DETAILED MODELS; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS; DYNAMIC PARTITIONING; HIGH FIDELITY; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; LOAD-BALANCING; MULTI AGENT SIMULATION; MULTILAYER ARCHITECTURE; NATIONAL AIR SPACES; SCALE-UP; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL PARTITIONING; TEMPORAL PLANNING; TRAJECTORY PLANNING;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DYNAMIC LOADS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84855664090     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969722.2011.610270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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