Using i* Modelling as a Bridge between Air Traffic Management Operational Concepts and Agent-based Simulation Analysis
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Lockerbie, James; Bush, David; Maiden, Neil; Blom, Henk; Everdij, Mariken
- Source
- 2010 18th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2010 18th IEEE International. :351-356 Sep, 2010
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
Atmospheric modeling
Unified modeling language
Strontium
Aircraft
Analytical models
Meteorology
Asynchronous transfer mode
- Language
- ISSN
- 1090-705X
2332-6441
This paper presents our experiences of exploring how i* modelling can be used as a bridge between informal air traffic management (ATM) operational concepts and formal agent-based simulation. We report our work on an EU airspace design project that describes a revised concept of operations for lower level airspace around airports, and includes simulation based safety analysis of the critical scenarios. We describe our research towards using i* to address two challenges – how to model the revised concept from the informal concept of operations document, and how to present safety critical scenarios to operational experts. Modelling strategic aspects of a concept of operations is new to ATM, and we draw upon our experiences to provide lessons learned and directions for future work.