Web-Based Negotiation Tool for Conflict Resolution in Higher Airspace Operations

What is it about?

This paper introduces a model where two aircraft pilots in conflict, flying in an airspace that is over 60,000ft, can propose and respond new plans to each other so they can fully deconflict with each other. We have integrated this model into a real-time web browser environment, where pilots can interact and use the web browser to conveniently change their plans, and send it over to the other pilot in a quick and easy to use way. We conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of this model, and what we discovered is that on average, the pilots can reduce the total added distance onto their original plans by 25% if they were to use our model's approach, versus the alternative method of not negotiating with each other. We also explore more in-depth metrics such as the amount of time it took, the types of strategies used, the number of rounds processed, and more.

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