Air Traffic Control Simulation Analysis

In recent years, the increasing air traffic demand, and the existing air traffic control supportcapabilities are limited, contradictory demand and supply have become increasingly prominent.Whether adjust the existing transportation system elements airspace structure, route or routes, such asthe introduction of new technologies and new concepts are needed in advance to make a securityassessment to find potential risk factors. ATC system is a complex system, the use of computersimulation of air traffic control system is an important research tool. However, existing simulationtools have two problems, one, based on single centralized difficult to do large-scale simulation ofmicroscopic simulation; Second, the lack of an analog controller simulation deployment capabilities.For these two questions, we studied the Distributed Artificial Intelligence-multi-Agent technology inair traffic control simulation; and used Java language to develop a national air traffic control systembased on the field of the first prototype Multi-Agent regional control simulation.For how to build a Multi-Agent System Simulation Framework problems. Firstly, the principle ofMulti-Agent System and the U.S. NASA’s ACES simulation system. The researchers then developed aMulti-Agent framework JADE. Finally, the idea will be applied to the area of real-time operationalcontrol of Multi-Agent, for the proposed development of a prototype simulation system design,including functional module division, build a computer network communications.For how to develop problem-based District Management Simulation Multi-Agent. First, theproposed strategy and deployment of aircraft types of activities, based controllers conflict anddeployment algorithms; improved the severity of the conflict analysis algorithm; proposed aircraftAgent, programmable internal structure of ATC automation system controllers Agent and the Agent.Then, JADE been programmed, developed a prototype system simulation.Finally, the prototype system was tested to verify, using three computers connected via anetwork. Use common control important scene-arriving aircraft convergence transfer terminal area.Test results show that three computers were running aircraft Agent, Agent ATC automation systemsand controllers Agent, can be real-time interactive communications network, and more aircraft underthe command of the two controllers Agent achieve a dynamic drop height, solve simple conflict canbe handed two aircraft adjacent sectors.