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The Center-Tracon Automation System: Simulation and Field Testing

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Modelling and Simulation in Air Traffic Management

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Abstract

A new concept for air traffic management in the terminal area, implemented as the Center-TRACON Automation System, has been under development at NASA Ames in a cooperative program with the FAA since 1991. The development has been strongly influenced by concurrent simulation and field site evaluations. The role of simulation and field activities in the development process will be discussed. Results of recent simulation and field tests will be presented.

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  1. AirTraffic Management Branch, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035-1000, USA

    Dallas G. Denery (Chief) & Heinz Erzberger (Senior Scientist)

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemi e Produzione and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Progetto Finalizzato Trasporti, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale dell’ Università 11, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Lucio Bianco

  2. Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemi e Produzione, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Dell’Olmo

  3. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Amedeo R. Odoni

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Denery, D.G., Erzberger, H. (1997). The Center-Tracon Automation System: Simulation and Field Testing. In: Bianco, L., Dell’Olmo, P., Odoni, A.R. (eds) Modelling and Simulation in Air Traffic Management. Transportation Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60836-0_6

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