27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.5.1 INVITED

AUTOMATED CONFLICT RESOLUTION, ARRIVAL MANAGEMENT AND WEATHER AVOIDANCE FOR ATM

H. Erzberger, T. A. Lauderdale*, Y. -C. Chu**
Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, USA; *NASA Ames, USA; **Aerospace Computing Inc., USA

Keywords: separation assurance, air traffic management

An algorithm is described that generates trajectories for sequencing, merging and conflict resolution of descending traffic converging on arrival fixes that feed major airports. When implemented the algorithm will yield both high capacity and high levels of safety in the future air traffic system.

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