An Agent-Based Approach to Forming Logic of Commercial Formation Flights

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Baleghi, Behzad | 2015

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 49989 (45)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Advisor(s): Malaek, Mohammad Bagher
Abstract:
The existing trend in air transportation growth, clearly shows that aviation industries need to profoundly look at “formation flights” in a more efficient manner and without complex computations. This work describes a new efficient Logic to accept or reject a possible formation among all available. The approach considers each airplane as an agents that “sees” the current traffic environment and then selects the best “Action” to satisfy its desired objectives. The logic, although simple, considers the location and time to join a formation or to create one; and the position to leave the original formation. Different Mathematical model have been investigated to find-out which one is more reliable for fast-time simulations. The preliminary results are promising; especially for a formation of any two airplanes of different types. As a practical measure, we have also investigated the effects of deterministic as well as non-deterministic flight delays on forming a successful formation
Keywords:
Formation Flight ; Multiagent System ; Game Theory ; Air Transport ; Airliners

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