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Title: Optimizing aircraft flows at airports using data driven predicted capabilities

Abstract

A method for safe and efficient use of airport runway capacity includes receiving, at an air traffic control system at an airport, airport data related to movement areas of the airport, time data related to a time period, aircraft data related to a plurality of aircraft expected to operate into and out of the airport during the time period, and environmental data related to environmental conditions predicted for the airport during the time period. The method further includes computing a probability distribution for inter-aircraft spacing by applying the airport data, the time data, the aircraft data, and the environmental data to a trained Bayesian network, producing the probability distribution for the inter-aircraft spacing as an output observation of the trained Bayesian network, and, using the probability distribution and a confidence value, identifying an inter-aircraft spacing value for the plurality of aircraft expected to operate into and out of the airport during the time period.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Architecture Technology Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1986813
Patent Number(s):
11501039
Application Number:
17/012,332
Assignee:
Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, MN)
DOE Contract Number:  
80NSSC18C0036; NNX17CL38P
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/04/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Sweet, Douglas, Timar, Sebastian, and Stillerman, Matthew. Optimizing aircraft flows at airports using data driven predicted capabilities. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Sweet, Douglas, Timar, Sebastian, & Stillerman, Matthew. Optimizing aircraft flows at airports using data driven predicted capabilities. United States.
Sweet, Douglas, Timar, Sebastian, and Stillerman, Matthew. Tue . "Optimizing aircraft flows at airports using data driven predicted capabilities". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986813.
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patent-application, July 2014


E-Taxi Predictive Performance System
patent-application, October 2015


System, Method and Apparatus for Conducting a Keyterm Search
patent-application, April 2003