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 2008-8.9.1

AUTOMATED CONFLICT RESOLUTION - A SIMULATION-BASED SENSITIVITY STUDY OF AIRSPACE AND DEMAND

M. Kupfer, T. Farley*, Y. -C. Chu**, H. Erzberger
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, USA; *NASA, USA; **AerospaceComputing Inc., USA

Keywords: Air traffic management, separation assurance, conflict resolution

Safety and efficiency metrics of the conflict resolution algorithm are expected to improve relative to those established in previous evaluations. Objectives are: (a) assessments in airspace other than Cleveland Center, (b) application of several demand sets, and (c) application of demand levels up to three times the nominal level.

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