Commission for Implantation of the System of Airspace Control – CISCEA

This paper describes a research proposal to develop a Distributed Decision Support System for Air Traffic Flow Management (SISCONFLUX) targeted at the First Integrated Center of Air Defense and Air Traffic Control (CINDACTA I) in Brasília. The decision making process in a distributed system such as ATFM is very complex since there is a considerable number of techniques and operation procedures that must work together. The use of a distributed approach is strongly suited for this kind of problem since the entities of the system (pilots, air traffic managers and controllers) are geographically distributed and communicate with each other by message exchange. This paper specifies the role of CINDACTA I, presents the problem diagnosis and the proposed solution including the system architecture, implementation procedures, methodology and a brief theoretical discussion about the Ground Holding Problem – GHP