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Methodology for Assessing Tradeoffs Between Operational and Environmental Performance in the National Airspace System
January 2012
Anuja Mahashabde, The MITRE Corporation
William Baden, The MITRE Corporation
James DeArmon, The MITRE Corporation
Justin Field, The MITRE Corporation
Jennifer Harding, The MITRE Corporation
Fred Bankert, The MITRE Corporation
Koffi Amefia, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
Given the growing interest in addressing aviation-related environmental challenges, environmental impacts need to be assessed along with operational performance for any large-scale
proposed change to the air transportation system.
Existing tools can evaluate operational and
environmental performance separately, but do not
adequately address tradeoffs between different goals.
This work presents an integration approach for
bridging the gap between system-wide operational
performance tools and environmental models. The
proposed methods are tested by bringing together the
systemwideModeler developed at The MITRE
Corporation and the Aviation Environmental Design
Tool being developed by the United States Federal
Aviation Administration. An illustrative analysis
demonstrates the methods presented.
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