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MULTI-OBJECTIVE WEATHER ROUTING OF SAILING VESSELS

Abstract

The paper presents a multi-objective deterministic method of weather routing for sailing vessels. Depending on a particular purpose of sailboat weather routing, the presented method makes it possible to customize the criteria and constraints so as to fit a particular user’s needs. Apart from a typical shortest time criterion, safety and comfort can also be taken into account. Additionally, the method supports dynamic weather data: in its present version short-term, mid-term and long-term term weather forecasts are used during optimization process. In the paper the multi-objective optimization problem is first defined and analysed. Following this, the proposed method solving this problem is described in detail. The method has been implemented as an online SailAssistance application. Some representative examples solutions are presented, emphasizing the effects of applying different criteria or different values of customized parameters.

Keywords:

sailing vessels, weather routing, weather forecast, comfort, penalty

Details

Issue
Vol. 24 No. 4(96) (2017)
Section
Latest Articles
Published
13-01-2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0130
Licencja:
Creative Commons License

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Authors

  • Marcin Życzkowski

    Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology
  • Rafał Szłapczyński

    Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology

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