An expert system for monitoring dynamic stability of small craft

Author

Kose, E. ; Gosine, Raymond G. ; Dunwoody, A. Bruce ; Calisal, S.M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Marine Sci., Karadeniz Tech. Univ., Trabzon, Turkey

Volume

20

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

22

Abstract

This paper describes an intelligent monitoring and advisory system for vessel safety. This system uses environmental information obtained from a number of sensors and proposes corrective action based on a rule-base derived from human expertise, experiments, and theoretical research. The architecture of the monitoring and advisory system is described. Capsizing modes of a ship at sea are explained, and the fuzzy expert system used in the decision-making process is detailed. Simulations of various sea conditions leading to capsize are presented, and the vessel response to the corrective action suggested by the advisory system is illustrated

Keywords

computerised control; computerised monitoring; decision support systems; digital simulation; expert systems; fuzzy systems; safety; ships; stability; advisory system; architecture; capsizing modes; corrective action; decision-making process; dynamic stability; environmental information; fuzzy expert system; intelligent monitoring; rule-based system; sea; ship; simulations; vessel response; vessel safety; Decision making; Expert systems; Humans; Hybrid intelligent systems; Intelligent sensors; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Safety; Sensor systems; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/48.380250

Filename

380250