• DocumentCode
    1862361
  • Title

    Air traffic complexity as a key concept for multi-sector planning

  • Author

    Schaefer, Dirk ; Meckiff, Colin ; Magill, Adrian ; Pirard, Ben ; Aligne, Florence

  • Author_Institution
    Eurocontrol Exp. Centre, Bretigny, France
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    37165
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the Tactical Load. Smoother (TLS), a display of air-traffic complexity for the support of multi-sector planning operations. After an initial evaluation in the context of the Program for Harmonised ATM Research in Eurocontrol (PHARE) TLS is presently being adapted to the operational environment of the Computer Assisted National ATC Centre (CANAC) in Belgium. This paper focuses on the algorithm used to calculate air traffic complexity
  • Keywords
    aerospace computing; air traffic control; computational complexity; graphical user interfaces; planning; Belgocontrol; Computer Assisted National ATC Centre; PHARE project; air-traffic complexity display; airspace cube position; grid of cubes; harmonised ATM research in Eurocontrol; multi-sector planning operations support; sector capacity; tactical load smoother; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Computer displays; Counting circuits; Flexible manufacturing systems; Frequency; Information systems; Particle measurements; Size control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Avionics Systems, 2001. DASC. 20th Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Daytona Beach, FL
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7034-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DASC.2001.964207
  • Filename
    964207