Balancing Controllers’ Workload by Locally Redesigning Airspace Sectors
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We study an Airspace Resectorization Problem (ARP). A sectorization is a subdivision of an airspace into sectors, each managed by an airtraffic controller. A wellbalanced sectorization is a sectorization that distributes the workload evenly among the controllers. We discuss the problem of generating optimal sectorizations and describe GeoSect-Local, a tool that improves a given sectorization by local adjustments. Finally, we present experimental results showing that GeoSectLocal produces sectors with “nice” geometric properties and well-balanced workload distribution.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012