An algorithm to rationalize a DME network as a backup for GNSS aircraft navigation

Pier Domenico Tromboni and Giovanni B. Palmerini

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2014, vol. 34, issue C, 6-11

Abstract: The introduction of GNSS as primary mean of aircraft navigation calls for a rationalization of existing ground-based assistance networks. Several studies indicate the DME as the possible back-up solution, and therefore the only radio assistance to be maintained. The paper proposes an algorithm to optimize the DME network and reports, as a test, its application to the Italian case. The results indicate that a strong reduction, higher than 35%, in the number of sites, is possible. Furthermore, the paper confirms the validity of the genetic algorithms, which are the core of the proposed approach, for the network structuring problems.

Keywords: DME/DME navigation; DME network; Genetic algorithms; Infrastructure network optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.07.007

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