Publications
James K. Kuchar
Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Veillette, M., Venuti, J., Kuchar, J., Airspace Flow Rate Forecast Algorithms, Validation, and Implementation, Project Report ATC-428, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2015.
[Report]
Harkleroad, E., Vela, A., Kuchar, J., Barnett, B., Merchant-Bennett, R., Risk-based Modeling to Support NextGen Concept Assessment and Validation, Project Report ATC-405, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2013.
[Report]
Kuchar, J., Experiences from Modeling and Exploiting Data in Air Traffic
Control, Conference on Intelligent Data Understanding, Boulder, CO, Oct 2012.
[Presentation]
Mehta, V., Campbell, S., Kuchar, J., Moser, W., Reynolds, H., Reynolds, T.,
Seater, R., The Tower Flight Data Manager Prototype System, Digital Avionics
Systems Conference (DASC), Seattle, Washington, October 2011.
[Presentation]
Reynolds, T., Jordan, R., Ishutkina, M., Kuchar, J., Benefits Assessment
Methodology for an Air Traffic Control Tower Advanced Automation System,
10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Fort
Worth, TX, September, 2010.
[Paper][Presentation]
Kochenderfer, M. J., Edwards, M. W. M., Espindle, L. P., Kuchar, J. K., Griffith, J. D., Airspace Encounter Models for Estimating Collision Risk, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 33, Issue 2, pp. 487-499, 2010.
[Journal Article]
Temizer, S., Kochenderfer, M. J., Kaelbling, L. P., Lozano-Perez, T., Kuchar, J. K., Unmanned Aircraft Collision Avoidance Using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes, Project Report ATC-356, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2009.
[Report]
Kochenderfer, M. J., Espindle, L. P., Edwards, M. W., Kuchar, J. K., Griffith, J. D., Airspace Encounter Models For Conventional and Unconventional Aircraft, Eighth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, Napa, CA, 2009.
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Espindle, L. P., Griffith, J. D., Kuchar, J. K., Safety Analysis of Upgrading to TCAS Version 7.1 Using the 2008 U.S. Correlated Encounter Model, Project Report ATC-349, MIT Lincoln Laborat0Lexington, MA, 2009.
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Edwards, M. W., Kochenderfer, M. J., Kuchar, J. K., Espindle, L. P., Encounter Models for Unconventional Aircraft, Project Report ATC-348, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2009.
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Kochenderfer, M., Espindle, L., Griffith, J. D., Kuchar, J., A Comprehensive Aircraft Encounter Model of the National Airspace System, Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 17, Number 1, 2008.
[Journal Article]
Kochenderfer, M., Espindle, L., Kuchar, J., Griffith, J. D., A Bayesian Approach to Aircraft Encounter Modeling, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, 2008.
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Kochenderfer, M. J., Espindle, L. P., Griffith, J. D., Kuchar, J. K., Encounter Modeling for Sense and Avoid Development, 8th Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), Bethesda, MD, 2008.
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Kochenderfer, M., Griffith, J. D., Kuchar, J., Hazard Alerting Using Line-of-Sight Rate, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, August 18-21, 2008.
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Griffith, J. D., Kochenderfer, M., Kuchar, J., Electro-Optical System Analysis for Sense and Avoid, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, August 18-21, 2008.
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Kochenderfer, M. J., Kuchar, J. K., Espindle, L. P., Griffith, J. D., Uncorrelated Encounter Model of the National Airspace System, Project Report ATC-345, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2008.
[Report]
Kochenderfer, M. J., Espindle, L. P., Kuchar, J. K., Griffith, J. D., Correlated Encounter Model for Cooperative Aircraft in the National Airspace System, Project Report ATC-344, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2008.
[Report]
Kochenderfer, M. J., Kuchar, J. K., Espindle, L. P., Gertz, J. L., Preliminary Uncorrelated Encounter Model of the National Airspace System, Project Report CASSATT-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 2008.
[Report]
Kuchar, J. K., Drumm, A. C., The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 2, 2007.
[Journal Article]
Wiken, R. T., Espindle, L. P., Harris, G. S., Kuchar, J. K., Thompson, S. D., and Williams, R. E., Analysis of Ground Surveillance Assets to Support Global Hawk Airspace Access at Beale Air Force Base, Project Report ATC-335, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2007. Released to sponsor only
Yamada, K., Kuchar, J. K., Preliminary Study of Behavioral and Safety Effects of Driver Dependence on a Warning System in a Driving Simulator, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Volume 36, Number 3, pp. 602-610, May, 2006.
[Journal Abstract]
Kuchar, J. K., Evaluation of Proposed Changes to the ACAS Modified Tau Calculation, ICAO SCRSP WG A/WP A10-03, 2006.
[Paper]
Kuchar, J. K., Update on the Analysis of ACAS Performance on Global Hawk, ICAO SCRSP WG A/WP A10-04, 2006.
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Zeitlin, A., Arino, T., Kuchar, J., Improving the Resolution Advisory Reversal Logic of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, 25th IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Portland, OR, 2006.
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Kuchar, J. K., Safety Analysis Methodology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Collision Avoidance Systems, 6th USA / Europe Seminar on Air Traffic Management Research and Development, Baltimore, MD, 2005.
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Kuchar, J. K., Modifications to ACAS Safety Study Methods for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs), ICAO SCRSP WG A IP/A/7-281, 2004.
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Kuchar, J. K., Andrews, J. W., Drumm, A. C., Hall, A., Heinz, V., Thompson, S. D., Welch, J. D., Safety Analysis Process for the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and See-and-Avoid Systems on Remotely Piloted Vehicles, AIAA 3rd Unmanned Unlimited Technical Conference, Chicago, IL, 2004.
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Drumm, A. C., Andrews, J. W., Hall, T., Heinz, V. , Kuchar, J. K., Thompson, S. D., Welch, J. D., Remotely Piloted Vehicles in Civil Airspace: Requirements and Analysis Methods for the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and See-and-Avoid Systems, 23rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.
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Song, L., Kuchar, J. K., Initial Efforts Toward Analyzing Aviation Alerting System Dissonance, Journal of Aircraft, Volume 40, Number 6, pp. 1137-1144, November-December, 2003.
Song, L., Kuchar, J. K., Dissonance Between Multiple Alerting Systems, Part 1: Modeling and Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Volume 33, Number 3, pp. 366-375, May, 2003.
[Journal Abstract]
Song, L., Kuchar, J. K., Dissonance Between Multiple Alerting Systems, Part 2: Avoidance and Mitigation, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Volume 33, Number 3, pp. 376-385, May, 2003.
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Yang, L. C., Kuchar, J. K., Performance Metric Alerting: A New Design Approach for Complex Alerting Problems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 123-134, January, 2002.
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Kuchar, J. K., Walton, D., Matsumoto, D., Integrating Objective and Subjective Hazard Risk in Decision-Aiding System Design, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Volume 75, Number 2, pp. 207-214, 2002.
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Kuchar, J. K., Markov Model of Terrain for the Evaluation of Ground Proximity Warning System Thresholds, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 24, Number 3, pp. 428-435, May-June, 2001.
Billingsley, G., Kuchar, J. K., Jacobson, S., Head-Up Display Symbology For Ground Collision Avoidance, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 33-51, 2001.
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Kuchar, J. K., Yang, L. C., A Review of Conflict Detection and Resolution Modeling Methods, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume 1, Number 4, 2000.
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Taylor, J. B., Kuchar, J. K., Helmet Mounted Display Symbology for Terrain Avoidance During Low-Level Maneuvers, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Volume 10, Number 2, 2000.
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Winder, L., Kuchar, J. K., Evaluation of Collision Avoidance Maneuvers During Parallel Approach, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 22, Number 6, November-December, 1999.
Kuchar, J. K., Carpenter, B. D., Airborne Collision Alerting Logic for Closely-Spaced Parallel Approach, Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Volume 5, Number 2, 1997.
Yang, L. C., Kuchar, J. K., Prototype Conflict Alerting Logic for Free Flight, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 20, Number 4, pp. 768-773, July-August, 1997.
Kuchar, J. K., Methodology for Alerting-System Performance Evaluation, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 19, Number 2, March-April, 1996.
Mykityshyn, M. G., Kuchar, J. K., Hansman, R. J., Experimental Study of Electronically Based Instrument Approach Plates, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Volume 4, Number 2, August, 1994.
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Kuchar, J. K., Hansman, R. J., An Exploratory Study of Plan View Terrain Displays for Air Carrier Operations, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Volume 3, Number 1, March, 1993.
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