A Computerized Navigation Support for Maneuvering Clustered Ship Groups in Close Proximity
Akira Kawaguchi, Xiozhen Xiong, Masaaki Inaishi, Hayato Kondo
The aim of this research is to investigate navigation behaviors and effects of interferences of multiple ocean-going vessels that share the same sailing course like a transport convoy. Detecting and evading other clusters in close proximity is one of the most important tasks in navigation as contacting these will potentially cause serious risks to the ship. Focus of this paper is to investigate computational capabilities added to the so-called ship cluster behavior model of our previous work. Enhancement is made to predict a risky situation and to guide for multiple ship clusters, enabling them to move safely and avoid contact with each other. Such improvement is critical, especially when the traffic becomes congested with a number of clustered ship groups moving to distinctive directions. Foundations
for and preliminary experimental results of this study are discussed. Full Text
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