Drone mission definition and implementation for automated infrastructure inspection using airborne sensors

JA Besada, L Bergesio, I Campaña… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper describes a Mission Definition System and the automated flight process it
enables to implement measurement plans for discrete infrastructure inspections using aerial …

Total unimodularity and decomposition method for large-scale air traffic cell transmission model

P Wei, Y Cao, D Sun - Transportation research part B: Methodological, 2013 - Elsevier
In an earlier work, Sun and Bayen built a Large-Capacity Cell Transmission Model for air
traffic flow management. They formulated an integer programming problem of minimizing the …

Translation of ensemble weather forecasts into probabilistic air traffic capacity impact

M Steiner, R Bateman, D Megenhardt, Y Liu… - Air Traffic Control …, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
Today's trend in probabilistic weather forecasting is toward utilizing ensemble prediction
systems. In the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), ensemble-based …

Probabilistic multi-aircraft conflict detection and resolution considering wind forecast uncertainty

E Hernandez-Romero, A Valenzuela… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A probabilistic method for aircraft conflict detection and resolution considering the effects of
wind forecast uncertainty is presented in this paper. The wind components are modeled as …

Probabilistic aircraft trajectory prediction in cruise flight considering ensemble wind forecasts

A Franco, D Rivas, A Valenzuela - Aerospace science and technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The problem of aircraft trajectory prediction subject to wind uncertainty is addressed. In
particular, a probabilistic analysis of aircraft flight time and fuel consumption in cruise flight is …

Automated aircraft trajectory prediction based on formal intent-related language processing

JA Besada, G Frontera, J Crespo… - IEEE Transactions …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new paradigm for the formulation of aircraft trajectory computation
and prediction processes. Under this paradigm, an aircraft trajectory can be expressed at …

A probabilistic approach to measure aircraft conflict severity considering wind forecast uncertainty

E Hernández-Romero, A Valenzuela… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
An approach to statistically quantify the severity of aircraft conflicts subject to wind forecast
uncertainty is presented. The conflicts are characterized by two indicators: conflict intensity …

Optimal aircraft path planning in a structured airspace using ensemble weather forecasts

A Franco Espín, D Rivas Rivas… - 8th SESAR Innovation …, 2018 - idus.us.es
The optimisation of the aircraft route taking into account wind and temperature uncertainties
is addressed in this work. These uncertainties are obtained from ensemble weather …

Efficient trajectory options allocation for the collaborative trajectory options program

O Rodionova, H Arneson, B Sridhar… - 2017 IEEE/AIAA 36th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP) is a Traffic Management Initiative
(TMI) intended to control the air traffic flow rates at multiple specified Flow Constrained …

Dynamically generating operationally acceptable route alternatives using simulated annealing

C Taylor, C Wanke - Air Traffic Control Quarterly, 2012 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents a simulated annealing (SA) methodology for defining operationally
acceptable route alternatives for flights impacted by weather. By dynamically generating …