Automatic Control and Routing of Marine Vessels

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Technology: general issues; 3-dimensional modeling; adaptive sliding mode; AIS Data; autonomous navigation; collision avoidance; collision risk; cooperative game theory; course keeping; early warning system; fin stabilizer; functional; fuzzy inference; genetic algorithm; guidance algorithm; Guidance, Navigation and Control; heel/roll reduction; L2-gain; LESO; LQR; marine vessel; multi-joint autonomous underwater vehicle (MJ-AUV); multicriteria route planning; n/a; neural networks; non-linearity; nonlinear feedback; oceanic meteorological routing; optimal damping; particle swarm optimization; path-following; physics-informed neural network; ship domain; ship motion control; ship turning; stability; supply chain management; supply disruption; system identification; tracking controller; traditional neural network; trajectory prediction; uncertainty; unmanned surface vehicle; unmanned surface vehicle (USV); waterway transportation; zigzag test
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Due to the intensive development of the global economy, many problems are constantly emerging connected to the safety of ships' motion in the context of increasing marine traffic. These problems seem to be especially significant for the further development of marine transportation services, with the need to considerably increase their efficiency and reliability. One of the most commonly used approaches to ensuring safety and efficiency is the wide implementation of various automated systems for guidance and control, including such popular systems as marine autopilots, dynamic positioning systems, speed control systems, automatic routing installations, etc. This Special Issue focuses on various problems related to the analysis, design, modelling, and operation of the aforementioned systems. It covers such actual problems as tracking control, path following control, ship weather routing, course keeping control, control of autonomous underwater vehicles, ship collision avoidance. These problems are investigated using methods such as neural networks, sliding mode control, genetic algorithms, L2-gain approach, optimal damping concept, fuzzy logic and others. This Special Issue is intended to present and discuss significant contemporary problems in the areas of automatic control and the routing of marine vessels.