Open ATC

This is a Swarm routing project based on the Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm which I first played with some 10 years ago.

The essence of biomemetic algorithms is the realization of emergent behaviors above and beyond the programmed behaviors - for example in this case, Air corridors and cooperative flight patterns emerge with dedicated program to establish them

As an Air Traffic Control protocol it offers (or could offer):
  1. High Density routing for swarms of uavs - and manned planes.
  2. Real-time deconfliction - immediate reaction to changes
  3. Infinite scalability - with only local communication.
  4. Deconfliction over non-airport hot spots like traffic, crime and accident scenes, borders, ships or oil rigs, ad hoc disaster and military sites.
  5. Mixed types and sizes of aircraft with unique separation requirements, power, speed etc...
  6. Deconflicts airplanes on the ground as well as in the air.
  7. Listen and avoid potential (small devices without transmitters).
  8. Can be used for ground vehicle, boats, or subs (provided they have localization).
One can run the program from this page
Source Code (GPL) can be downloaded here.
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