4D Trajectory Conflict Detection and Resolution Using Decision Tree Pruning Method

The aviation community develops Trajectory Based Operations (TBO) as an advancement in Air Traffic Management (ATM). There is still the need for an efficient scheme to present the trajectories, manage their associated data, and further detect and resolve the conflicts (CDR) that should eventually occur. In this research, we develop a CDR framework for managing predicted 4-Dimensional Trajectory (4DT). Using Not Only SQL (NoSQL) database (Cassandra and MongoDB), the 4D trajectories of related routes are presented, and the possible conflicts are detected using the strategy of Computing in NoSQL Database. Compared with other conflict detection algorithms, usually by the pairwise method with O(n2) at least, the proposed Decision Tree Pruning Method (DTPM) effectively treats massive data sets. The 4DT data are collected by Trajectory Predictor (TP) concerning 58% of the whole Brazilian air traffic. The comparison results between Cassandra and MongoDB from the case studies show the effectiveness of the proposed methods for conflict detection. In addition, we prove that the conflict resolution approach is viable for application in real scenarios, finding near-optimal solutions for the conflicts identified by the framework. Finally, we also demonstrated the development of sustainable artificial intelligence in intelligent air transportation to improve safety in air traffic management.