Comparing Modelling Approaches in Aviation Safety

Within open socio-technical systems, the quality of the system as a whole crucially depends on the joint performance and interaction of the individual agents involved. A domain where the study of this regulation is particularly complex is the domain of Air Traffic Management (ATM). The current paper compares four of the more influential modelling approaches within ATM, namely Event Trees, FRAM, STAMP, and the agent-based approach LEADSTO. This is done by applying the four approaches to a case study on retrospective modelling of a runway incursion incident that occurred in 1995. Based on this comparison, the pros and cons of the different approaches are discussed.

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