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 2008-11.10.5 (AIAA 2008-8944)

UTILIZATION OF NETWORK THEORY FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ATO AIR ROUTE FORECAST

D. A. DeLaurentis, E.-P. Han, T. Kotegawa, A. Sengstacken
Purdue Univ., USA

Keywords: UTILIZATION OF NETWORK THEORY, ato

Current air traffic forecast methods employed at the FAA assumes that the flight route network will not change. However, in reality this is not true. This paper investigates various methods for route forecasting with the goal of improving overall forecast that drive policy and infrastructure enhancement decision-making.

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