27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.4.2

HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION OF TRAJECTORY-BASED TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS

T. J. Callantine, E. A. Palmer*, M. Kupfer
San Jose State Univ. / NASA Ames, USA; *NASA Ames, USA

Keywords: decision support tools, rnav routes, terminal-area air traffic control, scheduling

This paper presents results from a human-in-the-loop simulation to assess the effectiveness of trajectory-based advisory tools and procedures designed to help terminal-area air traffic controllers manage arrival spacing while coping with uncertainties and off-nominal events to achieve environmentally efficient arrival flows with sustained high throughput.

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