• DocumentCode
    1427718
  • Title

    Redesigning air traffic control: an exercise in software design

  • Author

    Jackson, Daniel ; Chapin, John

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    63
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    This case study demonstrates how basic software engineering techniques can make a complex system dramatically simpler. The authors describe lessons learned from reverse engineering an air traffic control system with a variety of tools and redesigning it to be smaller, simpler and more flexible
  • Keywords
    air traffic control; reverse engineering; software engineering; systems re-engineering; air traffic control system redesign; case study; complex system simplification; flexibility; reverse engineering; software design; software engineering techniques; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Airports; Automation; Data structures; Feeds; Software design; Software tools; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.896251
  • Filename
    896251
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1427718