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Feedback Control of the National Airspace System
This paper proposes a general modeling framework adapted to the feedback control of traffic flows in Eulerian
models of the National Airspace System. It is shown that the problems of scheduling and routing aircraft flows in the
National Airspace System can be posed as the control of a network of queues with load-dependent service rates. Focus
can then shift to developing techniques to ensure that the aircraft queues in each airspace sector, which are an
indicator of the air traffic controller workloads, are kept small. This paper uses the proposed framework to develop
control laws that help prepare the National Airspace System for fast recovery from a weather event, given a
probabilistic forecast of capacities. In particular, the model includes the management of airport arrivals and
departures subject to runway capacity constraints, which are highly sensitive to weather disruptions.National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Contract ECCS-0745237)United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Contract NNA06CN24A
Audited financial statements in the federal government: Intentions, outcomes and on-going challenges for management and policy-making
The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (and the subsequent
Government Management Reform Act of 1994) mandated federal agencies
to prepare corporate-style annual financial statements and subject them to
independent audit. Over a decade later, it is reasonable to ask what the
consequences of CFO Act financial statements have been. Accrual
accounting produces auditable financial statements that establish
accountability, contribute to the credibility of financial information, and
identify long-term financial issues; but financial statements are not linked to
the processes for resource-allocation decisions, nor do they produce
information needed by managers. Some of these shortcomings are
explained by contextual and sectoral differences
Conditional Bus Priority at Signalized Intersections: Better Service with Less Traffic Disruption
Holding employees accountable for the accomplishment of organizational goals: The case of the u.s. federal government
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