Methods and Measurements in Real-Time Air Traffic Control System Simulation

Buckley, Edward P.; DeBaryshe, B. Delano; Hitchner, Norman; Kohn, Preston

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Methods and Measurements in Real-Time Air Traffic Control System Simulation

1983-04-01
By Buckley, Edward P. ; DeBaryshe, B. Delano ; Hitchner, Norman ; ...

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Buckley, Edward P. ; DeBaryshe, B. Delano ; Hitchner, Norman ; Kohn, Preston
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
Subject/TRT Terms:

Air Traffic Control Dynamic Tests Human Factors Real Time Information Simulation Tests
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FAA/CT-83/26
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Technical Note
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
Abstract:

The major purpose of this work was to assess dynamic simulation of air traffic control systems as a technique for evaluating such systems in a statistically sound and objective manner. A large set of customarily used measures based on the system mission of safe and expeditious movement of air traffic was collected by the computer generating the simulated traffic. The measures were collected running 1-hour simulation exercises. These measures were applied in two experiments .involving controllers performing traffic control in single en route sectors, with coordination with simulated adjacent sectors. Two experiments, having many replications, were conducted. In addition to studying the characteristics of the set of measurements, a second aim of. the first experiment was to determine the effect on the measurement of surrounding circumstances, specifically sector geometry and traffic density. The results of this experiment led to a decision to conduct a much less complex experiment, confined to only one sector and geometry but with more repetitions of l-hour runs under the same circumstances. This enabled an examination of the use of aggregation of data to improve reliability and the execution of a factor analysis in order to reduce and simplify the set of measures.
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