Description of URET Enhancements
to Support Severe Weather Avoidance
December 2003
Dr. Anthony J. Masalonis, The MITRE Corporation
Steven L. Estes, The MITRE Corporation
Kelly A. Connolly, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
From 1999 to 2002, MITRE/CAASD conducted operational evaluations of
Collaborative Routing Coordination Tools (CRCT) functions, with FAA
Traffic Management personnel. Based partly on the evaluation results,
the FAA deemed certain CRCT functions operationally mature, such as
the Flow Constrained Area (FCA) and Reroute Modeling functionality.
The need for integration of the FCA and Reroute Modeling capabilities,
and the existing ETMS Create Reroute functionality, was also identified.
In FY03, as part of the CRCT technology transfer process, CAASD worked
with the FAA Technical Center and the Volpe Center on re-engineering
the human-computer interface (HCI) of the CRCT functions. CAASD contributed
to this effort by presenting evaluation results and integrated FCA-Reroute
user interface mock-ups to FAA and industry stakeholders, and by refining
the interfaces and concepts iteratively as FY03 progressed. Refinements
were based on stakeholder feedback, and on cognitive modeling analysis
using the Natural Language Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection
rules technique (NGOMSL). This analysis demonstrated a physical and
mental workload benefit of integrating the FCA and Reroute Modeling
functionality. CAASD presented and discussed the analysis results and
refined interfaces and concepts at numerous design meetings during FY03.
The ETMS designs developed following these activities represent steps
toward the goal of further integrating FCA, Create Reroute, and Reroute
Modeling.
Additional Search Keywords
FCA, FEA, rerouting, CRCT, procedures, CDM, TFM, Traffic Flow Management,
DSS, Decision Support System, Collaborative Routing Coordination Tools,
ETMS, Enhanced Traffic Management System, Technology Transfer, collaboration
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