Analysis of human and automated separation assurance at varying traffic levels.

摘要

As part of the Advanced Airspace Concept, an algorithm for automatically resolving aircraft conflicts has been developed to partially offset air traffic controller workload and provide consistency. This study evaluated the differences in performance between humans resolving conflicts in a manual and interactive mode as well as a fully automated conflict resolution mode. This was done at current day, twice, and three times that level of traffic. Workload impact and acceptability of the algorithm's resolutions were also investigated. Results suggest that the automation provided significant benefits in terms of safety and efficiency particularly at higher levels of traffic. There was also a significant reduction in workload. The resolutions provided by the automation were also rated as being generally acceptable.