25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-8.4.2

AN AGENT-BASED MODEL FOR ANALYZING CONTROL POLICIES AND THE DYNAMIC SERVICE-TIME PERFORMANCE OF A CAPACITY-CONSTRAINED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FACILITY

S. R. Conway
NASA Langley Research Center, USA

Keywords: Agent modeling, ATM, dynamic system behavior

This paper discusses an agent-based model for investigating the interplay of the air traffic control system capacity, demand, and aircraft capability, and resultant delay propagation. This basic model includes primitive representations of air traffic system attributes, and affords a venue to explore their interdependence in a time-dependent, dynamic system simulation.

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