Air-traffic complexity resolution in multi-sector planning

Air-Traffic Complexity Resolution in Multi-Sector Planning

Using constraint programming, we effectively model and efficiently solve the problem of balancing and minimising the traffic complexities of an airspace of adjacent sectors. The traffic complexity of a sector is here defined in terms of the numbers of flights within it, near its border, and on non-level segments within it. The allowed forms of complexity resolution are the changing of the take-...

Air-Traffic Complexity Resolution in Multi-Sector Planning Using Constraint Programming

Using constraint programming, we effectively model and efficiently solve the problem of balancing and minimising the traffic complexities of an airspace of adjacent sectors. The traffic complexity of a sector is here defined in terms of the numbers of flights within it, near its border, and on non-level segments within it. The allowed forms of complexity resolution are the changing of the take-...

Relationship of Sector Activity and Sector Complexity to Air Traffic Controller Taskload

This study compared the relative effectiveness of two constructs, sector activity and sector complexity, in predicting air traffic controller taskload. Sector activity was defined as the activity associated with aircraft moving through the sector and was measured by counting the number of aircraft under the control of the sector during a traffic sample. Sector complexity describes a set of fact...

Planning in Air Traffic Control

Information Complexity in Air Traffic Control Displays

Air traffic controllers typically use visual displays to interact with various automation systems. Automation tools are intended to reduce controller task load, but they may also create new tasks associated with acquiring, integrating, and utilizing information from displays. Consequently, the complexity of information displayed may reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of an automation syste...