NARSIM: A Real-Time Simulator for Air Traffic Control Research

摘要

There is a lack of capacity and efficiency in the present-day air transportationsystem. Developments towards a future integrated Air Traffic Management (ATM) system has been initiated in order to reduce these deficiencies. Real-time Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulators, such as the NLR ATC Research Simulator (NARSIM), will play an essential role in the research on this future ATC, thus describing the area of interest for ATC research simulation. Subsequently NARSim is described: its functions are characterized, followed by a description of the air traffic controller's work environment, the hardware configuration and the controller workstations. Finally, an introduction is given on NARSIM's main research areas: integrated ATM and the man-machine interface.