Can NGATS Meet the Demands of the Future?

摘要

The ongoing role of the JPDO portfolio of simulation and modeling tools is to aid in comparisons between system capability and system performance. When such comparisons can be made, it becomes possible to conduct simulated experiments in which the effects of individual strategies or combinations of strategies are simulated within the NAS. As previously mentioned, the role of the baseline system is to provide a starting or reference point for these comparisons. However, detailed description and characterization of the baseline system also improve the ability of the JPDO to identify the ways in which the baseline system will falter when it is confronted with future levels of demand. This contrast between baseline system capacity and baseline system performance—as identified in the simulation and modeling tools used by the JPDO -provides valuable information on areas that should be addressed by specific IPT strategies. In this manner, the evaluation and analysis team is able to proactively work with the IPTs to not only evaluate and assess the impact of the NGATS strategies, but to also refine existing strategies and help to define new strategies that will best accomplish the NAS transformation to achieve the National Goals.