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    • A Fast and flexible emergency trajectory generator : enhancing emergency geometric planning with aircraft dynamics 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Khaledian, Homeyra; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Guitart, Andréas; Delahaye, Daniel; Feron, Eric (2021)
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      We present an automated emergency trajectory generator to compute the best emergency trajectory for a given landing site. A combination of the optimized version of the rapidly exploring random tree algorithm and Dubins ...
    • Air traffic deconfliction using sum coloring 

      Duchamp, Vincent; Josefsson, Billy; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Polishchuk, Valentin; Sáez García, Raúl; Wiren, Richard (2019)
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      This paper studies strategic conflict resolution for air traffic based on sum coloring. We consider two application scenarios: manned and unmanned air traffic, with similar targets: to improve efficiency of operations and ...
    • Air traffic management and systems IV: selected papers of the 6th ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS (EIWAC2019) - Analysis of weather impact on flight efficiency for Stockholm Arlanda airport arrivals 

      Lemetti, Anastasia; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (Springer, 2021-02-26)
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      Analysis of punctuality of airport arrivals, as well as identification of causes of the delays within transition airspace, is an important step in evaluating performance of the Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA) Air Navigation ...
    • Alternative 4D trajectories for the avoidance of weather- and contrail-sensitive volumes 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Cabrera Ramírez, Bryan Gustavo; Melgosa Farrés, Marc; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Riccio, Angelo; Verbeek, René; van den Dungen, Nick (Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), 2022)
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      We present a framework to generate, in a multi-aircraft environment, 4D optimized trajectories in a scenario with several weather constraints obtained with advanced weather prediction models. We focus on the trajectory ...
    • An automated emergency airport and off-airport landing site selector 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Rad, Ioan Octavian; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Viry, Benoît; Gonzalez, Patrice; Guitart, Andréas; Delahaye, Daniel; Larrieu, Olivier; Rebaï, Kamel (2022)
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      We present a novel landing site selector capable of selecting suitable landing sites (airport and off-airport) for emergency landings. In a first step, information from several databases which includes, for instance, ...
    • Analysis of weather impact on flight efficiency for Stockholm Arlanda Airport arrivals 

      Lemetti, Anastasia; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2021)
      Conference report
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      Analysis of punctuality of airport arrivals, as well as identification of causes of the delays within transition airspace, is an important step in evaluating performance of the Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA) Air Navigation ...
    • Automated sequencing and merging with dynamic aircraft arrival routes and speed management for continuous descent operations 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Schmidt, Christiane; Hardell, Henrik; Smetanová, Lucie; Polishchuk, Valentin; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2021-11)
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      In this paper, we present a novel methodology to manage arrival traffic in terminal airspace. We define two areas around the airport, aiming to efficiently schedule incoming traffic. A four-dimensional (4D) trajectory ...
    • Automation for separation with CDOs: dynamic aircraft arrival routes 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Polishchuk, Valentin; Schmidt, Christiane (2019)
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      We present a mixed-integer programming (MIP) approach to compute aircraft arrival routes in a terminal maneuvering area (TMA) that guarantee temporal separation of all aircraft arriving within a given time period, where ...
    • Automation for separation with continuous descent operations: dynamic aircraft arrival routes 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Polishchuk, Valentin; Schmidt, Christiane (2020-05-28)
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      This paper presents a mixed-integer programming approach to compute aircraft arrival routes in a terminal maneuvering area (TMA) with guaranteed temporal separation of all aircraft arriving within a given time period. ...
    • CO2 and non-CO2 balanced environmental scores module for flight performance evaluation and optimisation 

      Middel, Jan; Sutopo, Kinanthi; Heesbeen, Bart; Verbeek, René; van den Dungen, Nick; Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Riccio, Angelo (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2023-06-28)
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      The SESAR2020 exploratory research (ER4) programme CREATE (Grant 890898) developed a climate and weather aware Concept of Operations (ConOps) which encompasses a multi-aircraft 4D trajectory optimisation framework, which ...
    • Evaluation of flight efficiency for Stockholm Arlanda Airport arrivals 

      Lemetti, Anastasia; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2019)
      Conference report
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      Analysis of punctuality of airport arrivals, as well as identification of causes of the delays within transition airspace, is an important step in evaluating performance of the Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA) Air Navigation ...
    • Generation of emergency trajectories based on aircraft trajectory prediction 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Khaledian, Homeyra; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2021)
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      We present an automated emergency trajectory generator to compute the best emergency trajectory for a given landing site. A given emergency 2-dimensional (2D) path (i.e., route) is used as input for a trajectory predictor ...
    • Generation of RNP approach flight procedures with an RRT* path-planning algorithm 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Toratani, Daichi; Mori, Ryota; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2023)
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      We present a framework capable of generating required navigation performance authorization required approach (RNP AR APCH) procedures by using a combination of the optimal version of the path-planning rapidly-exploring ...
    • Identification of significant impact factors on Arrival Flight Efficiency within TMA 

      Lemetti, Anastasia; Polishchuk, Tatiana; Polishchuk, Valentin; Sáez García, Raúl; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2020)
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      An important step towards improving the flight performance within Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA) is the identification of the factors causing inefficiencies. Without knowing which exact factors have high impact on which ...
    • Interacting multiple model filtering for aircraft guidance modes identification from surveillance data 

      Khaledian, Homeyra; Sáez García, Raúl; Vilà-Valls, Jordi; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2023-06-01)
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      Accurate and reliable trajectory prediction (TP) is required in several air traffic management systems. Estimating the aircraft trajectory in a vertical plane typically requires the knowledge of a pair of operational ...
    • On the impact of guidance commands mismatch in IMM-Based guidance modes identification for aircraft trajectory prediction 

      Khaledian, Homeyra; Sáez García, Raúl; Vilà-Valls, Jordi; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2022)
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      This study presents a sensitivity analysis to model mismatch of an interacting multiple model (IMM) filter when used for aircraft guidance modes identification. The mismatch appears in the guidance command parameters ...
    • Optimal assignment of 4D close-loop instructions to enable CDOs in dense TMAs 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Dalmau Codina, Ramon; Prats Menéndez, Xavier (2018)
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      Continuous descent operations (CDOs) with required times of arrival (RTAs) represent a potential solution to reduce the environmental impact in terminal maneuvering areas without degrading capacity. However, flight management ...
    • SafeNcy - D1.2: Technical Requirements Document 

      Gonzalez, Patrice; Viry, Benoît; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Sáez García, Raúl; Rebaï, Kamel; Delahaye, Daniel (2020-04-28)
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      This document provides a description of all the technical resources identified in the WP1. It will specify the technical requirements in terms of problem environment high level modelling, constraints to address, and expected ...
    • SafeNcy - D2.1: Trade-off report on landing site selection and trajectory generation techniques 

      Gonzalez, Patrice; Viry, Benoît; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Sáez García, Raúl; Seenivasan, Dinesh Babu; Rebaï, Kamel; Delahaye, Daniel; Godel, Claude (2020-10-23)
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      This document provides the definitions of the models and algorithms used by the solutions developed in the context of the project. The document also describes the types and sources of data needed by the SafeNcy solution.
    • SafeNcy - D4.3: Trajectory Generation Validation Plan 

      Sáez García, Raúl; Guitart, Andréas; Homdedeu i Muñiz, Júlia de; Prats Menéndez, Xavier; Delahaye, Daniel (2021-05-06)
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      This document provides a description of initial validation test plan for the trajectory generation system.