Airspace encounter models for estimating collision risk

MJ Kochenderfer, MWM Edwards… - Journal of Guidance …, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
RIGOROUS analysis of a collision avoidance system is required before deployment in the
airspace due to the potentially catastrophic consequences of error in their operation. Civil …

[PDF][PDF] A comprehensive aircraft encounter model of the national airspace system

MJ Kochenderfer, LP Espindle, JK Kuchar… - Lincoln Laboratory …, 2008 - archive.ll.mit.edu
(NAS) is an essential but limited resource supporting the vitality of the economy and the
freedom to travel. Use of this resource is stressed, however, by demands placed by …

[PDF][PDF] Model-based optimization of airborne collision avoidance logic

MJ Kochenderfer… - … , Project Report ATC …, 2010 - archive.ll.mit.edu
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is a
widely-deployed safety system for reducing the risk of mid-air collision between aircraft …

Conflict detection metrics for aircraft sense and avoid systems

F Lindsten, PJ Nordlund, F Gustafsson - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2009 - Elsevier
The task of an airborne collision avoidance system is to continuously evaluate the risk of
collision and in the case of too high risk initiate an evasive action. The traditional way to …

Multiple threats sense and avoid algorithm for static and dynamic obstacles

M Melega, S Lazarus, A Savvaris… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2015 - Springer
This paper presents a new computationally efficient S&A algorithm for implementation in real-
time applications for UAV. Based on a simplified optimisation approach, the proposed …

Encounter modeling for sense and avoid development

MJ Kochenderfer, LP Espindle… - 2008 Integrated …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrating unmanned aircraft into civil airspace requires the development and certification
of systems for sensing and avoiding other aircraft. Because such systems are typically very …

Autonomous sense & avoid capabilities based on aircraft performances estimation

M Melega, S Lazarus, M Lone… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
An autonomous navigation system integrating both the path following and the autonomous
sense & avoid functions is presented in this article. The sense & avoid algorithm was …

Graphical composite modeling and simulation for multi-aircraft collision avoidance

F Zhu, J Tang - Software and Systems Modeling, 2021 - Springer
Modeling and simulation for multi-aircraft collision avoidance to understand the mechanistic
behavior is an important activity. Building models using general programming language …

Methods and systems for inferring aircraft parameters

M Castillo-Effen, DSK Chan, HW Tomlinson Jr… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
80 eters can then be applied to one or more trajectory predictors of the ground automation
system to predicta trajectory of the aircraft. In certain embodiments, the method and system …

Estimating separation distance loss probability between aircraft in uncontrolled airspace in simulation

J Morio, T Lang, C Le Tallec - Safety science, 2012 - Elsevier
In this article, collision probability between aircraft in uncontrolled airspace is estimated. For
that purpose, a large database of aircraft trajectories in the vicinity of Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole …