Traffic Manager: A Flexible Desktop Simulation Tool Enabling Future ATM Research

Bussink, Frank; Hoekstra, Jacco; Heesbeen, Bart

doi:10.1109/dasc.2005.1563344

Cited by 9 publications

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“…The TMX simulator is well established in the ATM research community, and has been used in many previous Air Traffic Management (ATM) related simulation studies. For more information on TMX capabilities, the reader is referred to [17].…”

Section: Simulation Platform and Vehicle Modelingmentioning

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Analysis of Airspace Structure and Capacity for Decentralized Separation Using Fast-Time Simulations

Sunil

Ellerbroek

Vidosavljević

et al. 2017

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

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The work that is presented in this paper is part of an ongoing study on the relationship between airspace structure and capacity. The present paper investigates the degree of structuring needed to maximize capacity for decentralized en-route airspace. To this end, four decentralized en-route airspace concepts, which vary in terms of the number of constrained degrees of freedom, were compared using fast-time simulations, for both nominal and non-nominal conditions. The airspace structure-capacity relationship was studied from the effect of multiple traffic demand densities on airspace metrics. The results indicated that structuring methods that over-constrained the horizontal path of aircraft reduced capacity, as traffic demand displays no predominant patterns in the horizontal dimension for decentralization. The results also showed that capacity was maximized when a vertical segmentation of airspace was used to separate traffic with different travel directions at different flight levels. This mode of structuring improved performance over completely unstructured airspace by reducing relative velocities between aircraft cruising at the same altitude, while allowing direct horizontal routes.

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Section: Simulation Platform and Vehicle Modelingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Airspace Structure and Capacity for Decentralized Separation Using Fast-Time Simulations

Sunil

Ellerbroek

Vidosavljević

et al. 2017

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

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“…The Traffic Manager (TMX) (Bussink et al 2005;Nuic 2003) was used as the simulation platform for this study. TMX is a fast-time modeling system developed by the Dutch Aerospace Agency -Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (NLR) and jointly maintained with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).…”

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Wind Information Uplink to Aircraft Performing Interval Management Operations

Ahmad

Barmore

Swieringa

2015

15th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference

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“…This ITP algorithm logic, described in a formal specification language [4], was used to determine the status of many of the elements on the ITP interface display (Figure 4Figure 4). TMX was originally developed by the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) in The Netherlands, and it can also serve as a stand-alone traffic simulator, flight simulation scenario generator and editor, experiment control station, data-recording tool, and rapid prototyping environment [5].…”

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“…The twelve subject pilots (S [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] ) performed all 16 test conditions in random order. Note: The reference aircraft is located behind the ITP aircraft during a leading maneuver, and ahead of the ITP aircraft during a following maneuver.…”

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Pilot In-Trail Procedure Validation Simulation Study

Bussink

Murdoch

Chamberlain

et al. 2008

The 26th Congress of ICAS and 8th AIAA ATIO

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Langley Research Center (LaRC) to investigate the viability of the In-Trail Procedure (ITP) concept from a flight crew perspective, by placing participating airline pilots in a simulated oceanic flight environment. The test subject pilots used new onboard avionics equipment that provided improved information about nearby traffic and enabled them, when specific criteria were met, to request an ITP flight level change referencing one or two nearby aircraft that might otherwise block the flight level change. The subject pilots' subjective assessments of ITP validity and acceptability were measured via questionnaires and discussions, and their objective performance in appropriately selecting, requesting, and performing ITP flight level changes was evaluated for each simulated flight scenario. Objective performance and subjective workload assessment data from the experiment's test conditions were analyzed for statistical and operational significance and are reported in the paper. Based on these results, suggestions are made to further improve the ITP.

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Traffic Manager: A Flexible Desktop Simulation Tool Enabling Future ATM Research

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Analysis of Airspace Structure and Capacity for Decentralized Separation Using Fast-Time Simulations

Analysis of Airspace Structure and Capacity for Decentralized Separation Using Fast-Time Simulations

Wind Information Uplink to Aircraft Performing Interval Management Operations

Pilot In-Trail Procedure Validation Simulation Study

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