Threat and error management in air traffic control

Safety Culture in Air Traffic Management: Air Traffic Control

In a joint research project – Human Factors in Air Navigation Services, HUFA – between the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration and Lund University the focus is on human and organizational factors and safety in air traffic control. The Swedish Air Navigation Services (ANS) are undergoing major organizational changes in order to adapt to changing demands on efficiency and technical development ...

Development and Validation of a Human Error Management Taxonomy in Air Traffic Control

The main objective of this dissertation is to develop, validate and evaluate an error management taxonomy to be used in the analysis of error events in the area of Air Traffic Management (ATM). The goal of the taxonomy is to be able to analyse the mechanisms behind human errors and their recovery. Currently an abundance of taxonomies exist to describe the mechanisms behind human errors whereas ...

Flight plan management in a distributed air traffic control system

We explore how large-scale replication may enhance the availability of data in a loosely coupled distributed system. We are especially concerned with Air Traac Control systems which are intrinsically geographically distributed and impose strict constraints of availability. In this framework, we propose a replication system providing a weak consistency of data. After a study of speciic propertie...

Comparison of Stochastic Methods for Control in Air Traffic Management ?

This paper provides a direct comparison of two stochastic optimisation techniques (Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Sequential Monte Carlo) when applied to the problem of conflict resolution and aircraft trajectory control in air traffic management. The two methods are then also compared to another existing technique of Mixed-Integer Linear Programming which is also popular in distributed control.

Planning in Air Traffic Control