Automated Planning for AERA 3: Maneuver Option Manager

Abstract

This document describes Maneuver Option Manager (MOM), a methodology to simplify complex air traffic control (ATC) problems. A complex problem is identified here as a set of interrelated potential conflicts between pairs of aircraft. It may involve arbitrarily many aircraft. MOM determines which of six simple maneuver options is available (free of such potential conflicts) for each aircraft. These options involve limited displacements left/right/ahead/below nominal. MOM simplifies a complex problem by protecting (for future use) an available maneuver option for one or more of the involved aircraft. Routinely, a single such maneuver option resolves several potential conflicts. Iterated protection of maneuver options causes complex problems to be broken into independent, smaller, and simple problems.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212228

Entities

People

  • William P. Niedringhaus

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Automation
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Detection
  • Guarantees
  • Information Science
  • Linear Programming
  • Materials
  • Productivity
  • Prototypes
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Systems Approach
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Operations Research