Statistical Inference : in Markov - Renewal Processes

The undesirable prospect of increasing congestion un the nation'sairways has caused attention to be focused more and more on terminalareas. Two distinct efforts to improve traffic flow have been studiedelsewhere. One, by means of careful control of aircraft separationalong flight paths leading to the terminal, runways attempts to reduceflow variability, while the other attempts to reduce service timeson the runways by the use of high speed exit taxiways. Within thispaper, a Monte Carlo simulation is proposed in order to discoverrelations between error of control and traffic flow for optimallylocated exits on a runway used exclusively for landing. The simulationprocess is discussed at length and an expression is found for minimumsample size with stated confidence level.