Automated separation assurance in the presence of uncertainty

ICAS Secretariat - 26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences 2008, ICAS 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 3533-3549

  McNally, David ^a   Thipphavong, David ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air traffic management; Automated separation assurance; Trajectory uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LEVELS OF AUTOMATION; PERFORMANCE METRICES; SEPARATION ASSURANCES; TRAJECTORY PREDICTION;

AERODYNAMICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ERRORS; SEPARATION; TRAJECTORIES;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 84878940586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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