Comparison of Linear Dynamic Models for Air Traffic Management
| Authors: | Sridhar Banavar, NASA Ames Research Center, United States
Menon P.K., Optimal Synthesis Inc, Palo Alto, United States |
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| Topic: | 7.3 Aerospace |
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| Session: | Theoretical Methods of Aircraft Control |
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| Keywords: | Air traffic control, Transportation, Linear Systems, Flow control, Modelling, Model approximation. |
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Abstract
Traditionally, models used in air traffic flow management are based on simulating the trajectories of individual aircraft. While practical, this approach does not offer any insights into the dynamics of the traffic flow. Recently, two different approaches, (1) aggregate traffic model approach and (2) Eulerian model approach, have been presented to generate linear dynamic models that represent the behaviour of the air traffic flow. The dimension of the linear models is independent of the number of aircraft in the system and depends on the spatial discretization of the airspace. The resulting linear models can be used both for the analysis and synthesis of traffic flow management techniques.
