DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ALGORITHMS FOR AUTOMATED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Heinz Erzberger


ABSTRACT

This paper presents design principles and algorithm for building 
a real time scheduler. The primary objective of the scheduler is 
to assign arrival aircraft to a favorable landing runway and 
schedule them to land at times that minimize delays. A further 
objective of the scheduler is to allocate delays between high 
altitude airspace for from the airport and low altitude airspace 
near the airport. A method of delay allocation is described that 
minimizes the average operating cost in the presence of errors 
in controlling aircraft to a specified landing time.