26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-8.4.2

A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

S. Langhans, V. Gollnick, E. Stumpf
DLR, Germany

Keywords: Evaluation of Technology, Air Transportation System, Systems Engineering

A holistic approach to evaluate the air-transportation system is presented. This approach is necessary to evaluate current and future research activities in optimizing the air-transportation system in terms of safety, efficiency and sustainability.

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