Safe ship automatic control taking into consideration fuzzy properties of the process

Abstract

In the next decade fully automated surface ships will be seen on major world shipping routes. In order to have an intelligent supporting system for collision avoidance automation we need to carry out research in this field by simultaneously incorporating navigational environment, ships manoeuvrability and subjectivity of decisions made by the navigator who has a considerable role in the decision-making process. The present paper is a continuation of the paper published in the proceedings of IFAC workshop CAMS'92 in Genova. In this paper the authors present a model of the process, control algorithm, simulation, sensitivity analysis of the algorithm and a functional model of a safe ship manoeuvre system.