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Random Air Traffic Generation for Computer Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1985

J. L. Goodwin  and
R. L. Ford
R. L. Ford
Affiliation:
(Respectively: International Computers Limited and Royal Signals and Radar Establishment)
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Abstract

Methods of generating random air traffic are described for two- and three-dimensional computer models used in a study of the problem of managing off-route traffic. Edge effects which influence the estimation of conflicts taking place near the boundaries of such models are explained and quantified.

The applications of computer models in air traffic management studies are many and varied. References 1 and 2 describe some of these for which the appropriate model required the generation of randomly distributed aircraft following straight-line flight paths at constant speeds. Such behaviour can be a plausible representation of that of off-route air traffic for many purposes and the main objective of this paper is to describe methods for generating random traffic of this nature, that is traffic outside airways, terminal control areas and aerodrome control zones.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , May 1985 , pp. 218 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1985

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