28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-10.5.2

RESOLVING OFF-NOMINAL SITUATIONS IN SCHEDULE-BASED TERMINAL AREA OPERATIONS: RESULTS FROM A HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION

J. Mercer, T. Callantine, L. Martin
San Jose State Univ. & NASA Ames, USA

Keywords: terminal area air traffic control, off-nominal recovery, decision support tools

This paper describes recent human-in-the-loop research on the impact of off-nominal events in terminal area operations. This simulation is the most recent iteration of the Controller-Managed Spacing (CMS) research, whose focus is on developing decision support tools that help controllers keep aircraft on fuel-efficient profiles, while meeting scheduled runway times.

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