A ship´s minimum time maneuvering system with neural network and non-linear model based super real-time simulator

In this paper a feasible ship´s minimum-time maneuvering system is proposed. The proposed control system is mainly composed of a neural network based optimal solution generator and a non-linear model based super real-time simulator. In order to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed method, computer simulations and actual sea tests are carried out using a training ship Shioji Maru. The experimental results show that the proposed method is successfully applied.