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ATM in smart and efficient air transport systems

Workshop in Oslo, 31 May 2017

Location: Oslo City Hall

ATM in smart and efficient air transport systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0830 – 0900 Registration/Coffee 0900 – 0915 Introduction: Are current ATM systems sufficiently smart and efficient in to-day's air

transport system? (Speaker: Georges Mykoniatis/ENAC) 0915 – 1015 How analysis of "Big Data" can make ATM smarter and more efficient

- The analysis of Impact of Larger Aircraft on Frequency of Flight (Speakers: Chantal Latgé-Roucolle/Isabelle Laplace/ENAC)

- General “BigData” analysis for iterative optimization of transport operations (Speaker: Petter Arnesen/NTNU)

- Measuring airline networks (Speaker: Chantal Latgé-Roucolle/ENAC) 1015 – 1030 Coffee Break 1030 – 1210 How optimization can make ATM smarter and more efficient

- Impact of a new type of aircraft on ATM (Speaker: Cyril Allignol/ENAC) - Airport Integration and Throughput Functionalities (Speaker: Øivind Klausen/Indra Navia) - Controller Assistance Tool - detection and visualisation of potential conflicts

(Speaker: Cyril Allignol/ENAC) - Optimize scheduling and routing at an airport (Speaker: Tomas Nordlander/Sintef

ICT) - Airport Ground Traffic Optimisation - example from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport

(Speaker: Cyril Allignol/ENAC) 1210 – 1310 Lunch 1310 – 1545 How new techniques for human interaction can make ATM smarter and more efficient

- Integrate human considerations into Air Transportation System description (Speaker: Camille Raymond/ENAC)

- Mitigating CFIT Risk with Innovative Controller Radar Display Graphics which enhance Situational Awareness (Speaker: Alf Ove Braseth/IFE)

- ACHIL Platform - Aeronautical Computer-Human Interaction Lab (Speaker: Railane Benhacene/ENAC)

- Intelligent User Monitoring Systems for Aviation (Speaker: Michael Hildebrandt/IFE) 1430 – 1445 Coffee Break

- Adaptive Automation - using neurological sensors (Speaker: Railane Benhacene/ENAC)

- Ninox - Remote Tower (Øivind Klausen/Indra Navia) - Remote augmented Tower - research to explore and propose interaction

enhancements (Speaker: Railane Benhacene/ENAC) 1545 – 1625 New areas for application of ATM technology – road/railway?

- Sharing data through a common transport platform (Speaker: Rune Dragsnes/Triona) - How SWIM may be used to integrate ATM with other transport systems

(Speaker: TBD) 1625 – 1640 Coffee Break 1640 – 1720 How building collaborations can make it smarter and more efficient?

- Air Transportation and Multimodal, Collaborative decision making (Speaker: Isabelle Laplace/ENAC)

- Mega-Networks: How cooperation and teamwork enhance the power-base (Speaker: Trond Hovland/ITS Norway)

1720 – 1800 Discussion (all): - How to establish channels towards upcoming calls for tender in the transportation

sector in Europe 2018 - 20XX - Possible projects for cooperation between French and Norwegian ATM industry.

1800 – 1810 Summary/Closing.

Workshop: ATM in smart and efficient air transport systems

Oslo, 31 May 2017

Summary of presentations

How analysis of “BigData” can make ATM smarter and more efficient?

• The Analysis of Impact of Larger Aircraft A-380 on Frequency of Flights (presenter: Chantal

Latgé-Roucolle/Isabelle Laplace - ENAC): An innovation in airline industry has significant impact

on the behaviour of its participants: airline companies, airports and passengers. In this paper,

the innovation that is studied is an introduction of double-deck plane -- A-380, which is

currently the largest aircraft. Using the monthly panel observations of airline companies over

10 years on 121 routes, we test if the utilization of A-380 leads to the decrease in airline

company's flight frequency. Moreover, we analyse the response of the use of A-380 on the

competitors' frequency. We find that increase in usage of A-380 leads to the decrease of

company's own frequency, whereas the competitors have incentive to increase its frequency by

differentiating their flights by departure time in order to attract passengers who value the

availability of flight at a particular hour. Joint work with Aliya Ussinova

• Measuring airline networks (presenter: Chantal Latgé Roucolle - ENAC): We present a

methodology to characterize airline network and explain their evolution. We combine graph

theory and principal component analysis to build three principal components. The first

component measures how close the network is to a Hub and spoke network. The second

component measures the network robustness. The third component measures the network

size. We apply the methodology to the US domestic market between 2005 and 2015 and

analyse the behaviour, in terms of network evolution, of LCC versus legacy carriers. Joint work

with Miguel Urdanoz (Toulouse Business School) and Tatiana Seregina (Ecole Nationale de

l’Aviation Civile and Toulouse Business School).

How optimization can make ATM smarter and more efficient?

• Impact of a new type of aircraft on ATM (presenter: Cyril Allignol - ENAC): fast-time

simulations to assess the impact of a low and slow aircraft in the domestic traffic.

• Controller Assistance Tool (presenter: Cyril Allignol - ENAC): a decision support tool that

proposes a detection and visualisation of potential conflicts. A resolution algorithm can be

plugged in to propose manoeuvres to the controller.

• Optimize scheduling and routing at an airport (Presenter: Tomas Eric Nordlander - SINTEF ICT ([email protected]) Air Traffic Management focus to provide efficient and safe movement of airplanes at and near

the airports. This is a very complex problem that is normally divided into Arrival, Surface and a

Departure Management Problem. While this division of responsibility may be practical for

managing the complexity, it does prevent the high level of coordination needed to ensure that

global optimal decisions are made by each controller. The effect of one controller's decision

propagates through to other controllers. E.g. one small valuable adjustment of one controller

can very well create havoc for other controllers further down the trajectory. We present an

integrated approach to the overall problem along with an optimization algorithm that

heuristically decomposes the problem so routing, sequencing, and conflicts resolution are

carried out in subsequent stages. Our approach has been validated in experiments on Hamburg

airport which showed remarkable improvements in punctuality and taxi times compared to the

expert controllers.

Patrick Schittekat ([email protected]),

Dag Kjenstad ([email protected]),

Carlo Mannino ([email protected]),

Morten Smedsrud ([email protected])

Keywords: Air Traffic Management, Scheduling, Routing

• Airport Ground Traffic Optimisation (presenter: Cyril Allignol - ENAC): application of

optimisation algorithms to compute a runway sequence and avoid conflicts on ground at Roissy-

Charles de Gaulle airport.

How new techniques for interactions with humans can make ATM smarter and

more efficient?

• Integrate human considerations into Air Transportation System description (presenter:

Camille Raymond - ENAC): Integrate human considerations within complex interactive systems

description like Air Transportation System is difficult because of the lack of shared

methodologies, modelling semantics and tools between System Engineering and Human Factor

communities. We propose a methodology based on the integration of well-known Cognitive

Work Analysis approach into a Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) method. We develop

the methodology on (a part of) the ATS model developed by ENAC and highlight expected

benefits.

• Mitigating CFIT Risk with Innovative Controller Radar Display Graphics which enhance Situational Awareness (Presenter: Alf Ove Braseth - IFE) The presentation describes the design and design principles behind a set of graphics aimed at

mitigating Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) risks and enhancing the situational awareness of

the air traffic controller (ATCO). Further, we present preliminary results from a case study

where certified ATCOs handled CFIT situations, with and without the designed graphics, in a

state of the art ATM simulator. The presentation points to how the ‘right’ design can be an

important enabler to quicker and more correct understanding of complex situations.

• ACHIL Platform (presenter: Railane Benhacene - ENAC): Aeronautical Computer-Human

Interaction Lab. Dedicated to applied research in Human Factors and Interaction in Aeronautics,

the platform includes cockpit and Air traffic control Simulators, connected to Physiological

sensors. A Remote Tower and a Flying Test bed are also being built in order to explore new

concepts and HMIs.

• Intelligent User Monitoring Systems for Aviation (Presenter: Michael Hildebrandt - IFE)

The automotive industry is beginning to roll out driver monitoring systems that can infer the

cognitive, physiological, behavioural and affective state of the driver. Currently these systems

are used to detect distraction or fatigue, but more sophisticated applications can be foreseen

when coupled to semi-automated driving systems. IFE has started a Human-Centred Sensing

(HCS) lab to explore this technology and, together with industry partners, spread it to more

sectors, such as railways and aviation. The current core product of the HCS Lab is the

SYNOPTICON software platform, which provides two functions: Automatic, real-time analysis of

eye tracking data, and data fusion of visual, physiological, behavioural and environmental data.

The technology will be pilot-tested in an ATC simulator in summer 2017, and we are in

discussions with an airline partner for testing in a flight simulator. For that second pilot test,

data from SYNOPTICON will be processed by machine learning algorithms to achieve better

classification of the pilot's cognitive state. If successful in a training context, we aim to move

this approach into day-to-day operational settings.

• Adaptive Automation (presenter: Railane Benhacene - ENAC): neurological sensors were used

to adapt air traffic controller’s working position to the workload measured by EEG.

• Remote augmented Tower (presenter: Railane Benhacene - ENAC): research to explore and

propose interaction enhancements to « augment » the performance of Air Traffic Controllers in

Remote condition.

How building collaborations can make ATM smarter and more efficient?

• Air Transportation and Multimodal, Collaborative Decision Making during Adverse Events

(Presenter: Isabelle Laplace - ENAC): We investigate whether passenger delays and airline costs

due to disruptive events affecting European airports could be reduced by a coordinated

strategy of using alternative flights and ground transportation to help stranded passengers

reach their final destination, using Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) concepts.

Optimizing for airline cost for hypothetical disruptive events suggests that, for airport closures

of up to 10 hours, airlines could benefit from up to a 20% reduction in passenger delay-related

costs. Mean passenger delay could be reduced by up to 70%, mainly via a reduction in very long

delays. Joint work with L. Dray, A. Marzuoli, A. Evans, E. Féron.