Patent ID: 6463383
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
A method for an aviation system to temporally manage the flow of a plurality of aircraft with respect to a specified system resource, based upon specified data, and operational goals pertaining to said aircraft and system resource, said method comprising the steps of:collecting and storing said specified data and operational goals, processing, at any given initial instant, said specified data applicable at that instant to said aircraft so as to predict an initial arrival fix time for each of said aircraft at said system resource, specifying a goal function whose value is a measure of how well said system resource and plurality of aircraft meet their operational goals if said aircraft achieve given arrival fix times, computing an initial value of said specified goal function using said predicted initial arrival fix times, and utilizing said goal function to identify those arrival fix times to which said predicted, initial arrival fix times can be changed and result in the value of said goal function indicating a higher degree of attainment of said operational goals, wherein said identified arrival fix times are set as the targeted arrival fix times.