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A Spatial, Temporal Complexity Metric for Tactical Air Traffic Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2018

Hong Jie Wee Open the ORCID record for Hong Jie Wee [Opens in a new window] ,
Sun Woh Lye  and
Jean-Philippe Pinheiro
Hong Jie Wee*
Affiliation:
(School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) (Thales Air System SAS, Rungis, France)
Sun Woh Lye
Affiliation:
(School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Jean-Philippe Pinheiro
Affiliation:
(Thales Air System SAS, Rungis, France)
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(E-mail: hwee004@e.ntu.edu.sg)
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Abstract

Tactical monitoring and controlling of air traffic is becoming increasingly difficult to manage for Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) owing to an increasingly complex traffic flow. A dynamic tactical complexity model, herein known as Conflict Activity Level (CAL), has been developed and is presented in this paper. This can be achieved either by establishing an overall score for an entire region or sub-regions of interest as specified by user's input location and time. This is done by evaluating the likely aircraft flight shape profile based on its current and projected position and trajectory. From the flight shape profile, CAL values are computed based on instantaneous existing traffic numbers in the overall region or sub-regions of interest. The proposed complexity approach shows good agreement with other methods in terms of ranking the order of complexity of various air traffic scenarios and the key influencing factors contributing to conflict.

Keywords

Air Navigation and SurveillanceAir Traffic Command and ControlRisk AnalysisPlanning and Decision Aid
Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 71 , Issue 5 , September 2018 , pp. 1040 - 1054
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2018 

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