Flight trajectory prediction enabled by time-frequency wavelet transform

Z Zhang, D Guo, S Zhou, J Zhang, Y Lin - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate flight trajectory prediction is a crucial and challenging task in air traffic control,
especially for maneuver operations. Modern data-driven methods are typically formulated as …

Unleashing the potential of operations research in air transport: A review of applications, methods, and challenges

S Wandelt, A Signori, S Chang, S Wang, Z Du… - Journal of Air Transport …, 2025 - Elsevier
Operations research (OR) has been applied in air transportation since the post-war period,
starting from relatively simple static models and classical linear optimization techniques …

Integrating spoken instructions into flight trajectory prediction to optimize automation in air traffic control

D Guo, Z Zhang, B Yang, J Zhang, H Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The booming air transportation industry inevitably burdens air traffic controllers' workload,
causing unexpected human factor-related incidents. Current air traffic control systems fail to …

Real-time 4D trajectory planning method for civil aircraft with high security in congested, stochastic, and dynamic airspace environment

J Zhou, H Zhang, Q Xue, Y Li - Expert Systems with Applications, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Four-dimensional (4-D) trajectory planning with conflict-free for a large-scale
number of aircraft under meteorological influence is an essential problem in air traffic control …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of artificial intelligence in air operations: A systematic review

CL Tafur, RG Camero, DA Rodríguez, JCD Rincón… - Results in …, 2025 - Elsevier
This systematic review evaluates the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in air
operations, following the PRISMA 2020 methodology. The primary objective is to identify …

Short-term 4D trajectory prediction for UAV based on spatio-temporal trajectory clustering

G Zhong, H Zhang, J Zhou, J Zhou, H Liu - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve the trajectory prediction accuracy of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with
random behavior intentions, this paper presents a short-term four-dimensional (4D) …

Aircraft trajectory prediction in terminal airspace with intentions derived from local history

Y Yin, S Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, S Xiang - Neurocomputing, 2025 - Elsevier
Aircraft trajectory prediction aims to estimate the future movements of aircraft in a scene,
which is a crucial step for intelligent air traffic management such as capacity estimation and …

[HTML][HTML] A Novel Trajectory Prediction Method Based on CNN, BiLSTM, and Multi-Head Attention Mechanism

Y Xu, Q Pan, Z Wang, B Hu - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
A four-dimensional (4D) trajectory is a multi-dimensional time series that embodies rich
spatiotemporal features. However, its high complexity and inherent uncertainty pose …

Machine learning-enhanced aircraft landing scheduling under uncertainties

Y Pang, P Zhao, J Hu, Y Liu - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aircraft delays lead to safety concerns and financial losses, which can propagate for several
hours during extreme scenarios. Developing an efficient landing scheduling method is one …

Short-term Trajectory prediction based on Hyperparametric optimisation and a dual attention mechanism

W Ding, J Huang, G Shang, X Wang, B Li, Y Li, H Liu - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
Highly accurate trajectory prediction models can achieve route optimisation and save
airspace resources, which is a crucial technology and research focus for the new generation …