- Conflict detected · 2 aircraft
- Classical baseline · Gurobi
- Quantum · QUBO → QAOA (Qiskit)
- Resolved · 1 heading change
Rethinking aircraft conflict resolution.
Exploring how quantum optimisation compares with classical methods for keeping aircraft safely separated in small, simplified scenarios.
Inside the project
The question: how can heading changes resolve potential conflicts while limiting the number of aircraft that manoeuvre?
My approach: turn possible heading changes into yes-or-no decisions, then compare classical, quantum-inspired and QAOA methods on small 2D scenarios.
What it taught me: how to translate an operational problem into a model and explain technical trade-offs. An experimental benchmark, not a claim of quantum advantage.













