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This report shows that significant reduction in fuel use could be achieved by the adoption of `free flight' type of trajectories in the Terminal Manoeuvring Area (TMA) of an airport, under the control of an algorithm which optimises the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-10 A. J. Eele , J. M. Maciejowski

Terminal airspace congestion remains a major bottleneck in the global air traffic network. Although the Aircraft Sequencing and Scheduling Problem (ASSP) has been widely studied, many methods rely on simplified node-link abstractions that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Yutian Pang , Daniel Delahaye , John-Paul Clarke

In light of the rapid expansion of civil aviation, addressing the delays and congestion phenomena in the vicinity of metroplex caused by the imbalance between air traffic flow and capacity is crucial. This paper first proposes a bi-level…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Tonghe li , Jixin Liu , Hao Jiang , Weili Zeng , Lei Yang

This paper presents a closed-loop framework for conflict-free routing and scheduling of multi-aircraft in Terminal Manoeuvring Areas (TMA), aimed at reducing congestion and enhancing landing efficiency. Leveraging data-driven arrival inputs…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Yi Zhang , Yushen Long , Liping Huang , Yicheng Zhang , Sheng Zhang , Yifang Yin

As a new tool in the NextGen portfolio, the Collaborative Trajectory Options Programs (CTOP) combines multiple features from its forerunners including Ground Delay Program (GDP), Airspace Flow Program (AFP) and reroutes, and can manage…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-09 Guodong Zhu , Peng Wei , Robert Hoffman , Bert Hackney

In this paper, we present a novel data-driven optimization approach for trajectory based air traffic flow management (ATFM). A key aspect of the proposed approach is the inclusion of airspace users' trajectory preferences, which are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Luigi De Giovanni , Guglielmo Lulli , Carlo Lancia

Trajectory prediction (TP) is crucial for ensuring safety and efficiency in modern air traffic management systems. It is, for example, a core component of conflict detection and resolution tools, arrival sequencing algorithms, capacity…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Nick Pepper , Marc Thomas , Zack Xuereb Conti

The continuous growth in global air traffic demand highlights the need to accurately estimate airspace capacity for efficiently using limited resources in air traffic management (ATM) systems. Although previous studies focused on either…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Jeong Woo Park , Huiyang Kim

The presented study elaborates a multi-server priority queueing model considering the pre-emptive repeat policy and phase-type distribution (PH) for retrial process. The incoming heterogeneous calls are categorized as handoff calls and new…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Raina Raj , Vidyottama Jain

In this study, a novel coordinative scheduling optimization approach is proposed to enhance port efficiency by reducing average wait time and turnaround time. The proposed approach consists of enhanced particle swarm optimization (ePSO) as…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-04-11 Deqing Zhai , Xiuju Fu , Xiao Feng Yin , Haiyan Xu , Wanbing Zhang , Ning Li

Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM) is one of the constituent parts of Air Traffic Management (ATM). The goal of ATFCM is to make airport and airspace capacity meet traffic demand and, when capacity opportunities are exhausted,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-02-21 Rodrigo Marcos , Oliva García-Cantú , Ricardo Herranz

This paper presents a numerical optimization algorithm for generating approach and landing trajectories for a six-degree-of-freedom (6-DoF) aircraft. We improve on the existing research on aircraft landing trajectory generation by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-12 Taewan Kim , Abhinav G. Kamath , Niyousha Rahimi , Jasper Corleis , Behçet Açıkmeşe , Mehran Mesbahi

This paper is based on a crucial issue in the aviation world: how to optimize the trajectory and controls given to the aircraft in order to optimize flight time and fuel consumption. This study aims to provide elements of a response to this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Gaofeng Su , Xi Cheng , Siyuan Feng , Ke Liu , Jilin Song , Jianan Chen , Chen Zhu , Hui Lin

In this paper, we propose a novel framework of air traffic management (ATM). The framework is in particular characterized by the trajectory planning of weakly supervised aircraft; the air traffic control (ATC) does not completely determine…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-01 Sho Yoshimura , Masaki Inoue

Trajectory planning is a critical component in ensuring the safety, stability, and efficiency of autonomous vehicles. While existing trajectory planning methods have achieved progress, they often suffer from high computational costs,…

System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) is a recommended method for analysing complex systems, capable of identifying thousands of safety requirements often missed by traditional techniques such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Shufeng Chen , Halima El Badaoui , Mariat James Elizebeth , Takuya Nakashima , Siddartha Khastgir , Paul Jennings

This paper addresses the problem of trajectory optimization for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) performing time-sensitive medical deliveries in urban environments. Specifically, we consider a single UAV with 3 degree-of-freedom dynamics…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Kaiyuan Chen , Yuhan Suo , Shaowei Cui , Yuanqing Xia , Wannian Liang , Shuo Wang

In the real-time decision-making and local planning process of autonomous vehicles in dynamic environments, the autonomous driving system may fail to find a reasonable policy or even gets trapped in some situation due to the complexity of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-18 Lilin Qian , Xin Xu , Yujun Zeng , Xiaohui Li , Zhenping Sun , Hang Song

Existing local dynamic route planning algorithms, when directly applied to terrain following/terrain avoidance, or dynamic obstacle avoidance for large and medium-sized fixed-wing aircraft, fail to simultaneously meet the requirements of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Rongkun Xue , Jing Yang , Yuyang Jiang , Yiming Feng , Zi Yang

Formation flight of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) poses significant challenges in terms of safety and formation keeping, particularly in cluttered environments. However, existing methods often struggle to simultaneously satisfy these two…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Qingzhao Liu , Bailing Tian , Xuewei Zhang , Junjie Lu , Zhiyu Li
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