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Air-Traffic Control in Approach Sectors: Simulation Examples and Optimisation

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Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC 2005)

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In this contribution we consider the approach to the runway as a case study of our research on conflict resolution for Air-Traffic Control with stochastic models. We simulate the approach for landing and optimise the maneuver through a simulation based optimisation strategy.

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  1. Control Lab, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, Cambridge, UK

    Andrea Lecchini, William Glover & Jan Maciejowski

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Patras, Rio, 26500, Patras, Greece

    John Lygeros

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  1. Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Manfred Morari

  2. Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    Lothar Thiele

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Lecchini, A., Glover, W., Lygeros, J., Maciejowski, J. (2005). Air-Traffic Control in Approach Sectors: Simulation Examples and Optimisation. In: Morari, M., Thiele, L. (eds) Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control. HSCC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3414. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31954-2_28

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