Efficiently estimating ambient near mid-air collision risk for unmanned aircraft

10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference 2010, ATIO 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Makiy, Evan ^a   Weinertz, Andrew ^a   Kochenderferx, Mykel J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC); DIRECT MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; MID-AIR COLLISIONS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SEPARATION ASSURANCES; SURVEILLANCE DATA; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AVIATION; ESTIMATION; FLIGHT PATHS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84878446229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-9373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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