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Human-Centered Design of Adaptive Planning Tools for Airport Surface Management

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
104835 		Solicitation Year:
2010 		Solicitation Topic Code:
A3.01 		Solicitation Number:
Small Business Information
Cognitive Systems Engineering, Inc.
7197 Calhoun Road Ostrander, OH 43061-9335
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Human-Centered Design of Adaptive Planning Tools for Airport Surface Management
Agency: NASA
Contract: NNX11CD19P
Award Amount: $99,508.00
 

Abstract:

Two critical requirements for an effective airport surface management system are:Â? The need to adapt plans both strategically and tactically because of time-varying uncertainty. Â? The need to support coordination and collaboration among a number of different individuals, including controllers in the ATC Tower (ATCT), traffic managers in the ATCT, ARTCCs, TRACONs and ATCSCC, dispatchers and air traffic control coordinators at Flight Operations Centers, and ramp controllers/supervisors at airports. NASA has developed algorithms to support such strategic and tactical adaptive planning for airport surface management. This proposal seeks to complement and support this line of research and development through the definition of roles, responsibilities and procedures for coordination and collaboration among these individuals as they adapt airport departure queues at spots and runways to deal with evolving conditions. It further seeks to design and complete formativeevaluations for interface designs that make use of NASA's adaptive planning algorithms.

Principal Investigator:

Phil Smith
Principal Investigator
6142924120
smith.131@osu.edu

Business Contact:

Philip Smith
President
6142924120
smith.131@osu.edu
Small Business Information at Submission:

Cognitive Systems Engineering, Inc.
7197 Calhoun Road Ostrander, OH 43061-9335

EIN/Tax ID: 311431696
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No