The Air Traffic Controller's Contribution to ATC(Air Traffic Control) System Capacity in Manual and Automated Environments. Volume 1: Summary Report

Abstract

Volume I contains sufficient background material to put the work in perspective, summarizes the methodology used, and presents the study findings and implications for effective automation, as well as quantative capacity estimates and predictions. The methodology is based on a technique called the Relative Capacity Estimating Process (RECEP), developed to assess the implications of controller judgmental factors and decision processes for attainable capacity at several levels of automation. RECEP incorporates a technique of sector operational measurement that includes video recording and structured controller interviews. The technique has been applied to various types of transition, terminal interface, and en route sector operations in several FAA facilities. Results obtained include capacity estimates, for each of the airspace sectors studied, as operated at present and at several future levels of automation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750939

Entities

People

  • J. O. Williams
  • M. B. Glaser
  • R. S. Ratner
  • S. E. Stuntz

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Automation
  • Consistency
  • Control Systems
  • High Altitude
  • Job Training
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Radar
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Transmitters
  • Recognition

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space