An expert system for air traffic flow management

Abstract

An expert system for the air traffic flow management (ATFM) problem is presented. Two main prototypes have been constructed, one for timetable rescheduling that attempts to modify airline timetables to smooth traffic peaks at airports during rush-hours and another for centrulizedflow control that works to forecast the place, time and magnitude of the congestion and to propose mitigative actions. Simulations for the Brazilian ATFM, including the principal 14 airports, show the potential usefulness of the expert system.

Method to Balance the Communication Among Multi-agents in Real Time Traffic Synchronization

“…Six processes have been developed for the knowledge representation of Pre-ATC agent: flight data, scheduling and control condition, separation standards, holding assignment, departure and arrival conflict prevention and take-off delay assignment [7,8].…”

“…Knowledge Based System of agents of ATFMGC is represented according to ATC/ATM rules, which have been defined by the Brazilian Department of Civil Aviation -DAC [7,20]. Six processes have been developed for the knowledge representation of Pre-ATC agent: flight data, scheduling and control condition, separation standards, holding assignment, departure and arrival conflict prevention and take-off delay assignment [7,8].…”

“…This operation analyses the available capacity of the departure, en-route, and arrival airspace, and takes tactical measures in case the predicted demand exceeds the available capacity. The main functions are considered as following [7,9]:…”

“…A real time knowledge based support for ATM has been developed by IBM Switzerland [6]. In Brazil, an expert system for ATFM has also been investigated to make timetable schedule and centralized flow control [7].…”

“…Based on the mentioned researches, especially on the papers of [7][8][9][10][11], in this study a multi-agent system in grid computing for real time traffic synchronization is proposed. The main contribution of the paper is to develop an approach of cooperation and negotiation manner to balance the communication among agents using grid computing in RTTS [8].…”