Simulation of a Conflict Management System for Air Traffic Control
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چکیده
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) domain is concerned with controlling and monitoring air traffic from a source airport to a destination airport. A number of cooperating agents distributed throughout the ATC environment ensure that a safe, orderly and expenditious movement of traffic in airspace is achieved. Starting with a general discussion on the mechanics of ATC especially its operation, the paper develops an ATC model. The model addresses two issues: 1. A model of an agent which will allow interagent cooperation. 2. A model of an operational environment which requires interagent cooperation. The paper terminates with a simulation of an ATC system, known as a Conflict Management System (CMS), to be implemented. CMS depicts interagent cooperation among air traffic controller (ATCO) agents, and between ATCO agents and aircraft agents during flight execution.
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