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Congestion in Terminal Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

S. Ratcliffe
S. Ratcliffe
Affiliation:
(Royal Radar Establishment)
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Terminal area A.T.C. must provide each aircraft with access to a network of different facilities. If these each treat their customers on a “first-come first-served” basis, congestion arises which could be avoided by more comprehensive planning. In a large busy terminal area it is at present necessary to decentralize the control process to avoid overloading the human controllers and it is then hard to avoid using “firstcome first-served”. This undesirable trend can be reversed if we hand over part of the decision-making process to an electronic computer.

This paper will be presented for discussion at the Eastbourne tripartite conference, 12–14 May.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 183 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1964

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Marks, B. L., The Relation between Regularity of Arrivals and Congestion in a Queueing System. Unpublished Ministry of Aviation paper.Google Scholar