An Evaluation of the ARTS (Automated Radar Terminal System) III Level of Automation (Third Lot Procurement)

Abstract

An evaluation of a new Automated Radar Terminal System (ARTS III) for controlling air traffic was made by simulating the air traffic environment in a statistically balanced experimental setting. Similar groups of air traffic controllers using both the ARTS III and the older system were presented with identical traffic patterns. A large number of measures of system performance were taken. Differences favoring the ARTS system were found in the most critical of these measures, safety, and were translated into dollar benefits resulting from an expected reduction in mid-air collisions. A comparison of these dollar benefits with the incremental costs to install and operate the new equipment favored its installation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0752258

Entities

People

  • Seymour M. Horowitz

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Data Science
  • Economics
  • Experimental Design
  • Geography
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radio Communications
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting