Control Applications in Marine Systems 2001: A Proceedings Volume from the Ifac Conference (Cams 2001) - Control Applications in Marine Systems, Glasgow, 18-20 July 2001(IFAC Proceedings Volumes)

This title contains the papers presented at the IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS 2001), held on 18-20 of July 2001 at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 120 delegates from over 20 countries attended the conference and discussed and exchanged their research results in marine control systems design and applications. The papers in the proceedings cover a wide range of areas including: autopilot systems; dynamic positioning systems; tracking systems; roll stabilization; robotic off-shore systems; ship navigation systems; ship propulsion; traffic guidance and control systems; engine and machinery control systems; safety and fault tolerant control and training and vehicle simulation. There are also papers on underwater vehicle control and high speed ship control which provide an excellent review of the current work in these areas.

Table of Contents:
Plenary paper I: selected papers - enhanced maritime safety through diagnosis and fault tolerant control, M. Blanke, ship motion modelling and control - an improved numerical model for the study of controlled ship motions in extreme following and quartering seas, Z. Ayaz et al; ship control in restricted areas - automatic ship berthing using parallel neural controller, N. IM, K. Hasegawa; marine application of fuzzy logic and neural network - design of automatic collision avoidance system using fuzzy inference, K. Kijima, Y. Furukawa, autopilot designed with fuzzy set theory, A. Zirilli et al; position, routing and path control - assisted dynamic positioning system for a FPSO based on minimization of a cost function, E.A. Tannuri et al, positional game control of ship in collision situations, J. Lisowski. Semi-Plenary paper I: research on flexible oscillating fin propulsion system and robotic fish, I. Yamamoto, Y. Terada; ship propulsion and engine control - observer-based FDI for gain fault detection in ship propulsion benchmark - a geometric approach T.F. Lootsma et al; underwater vehicles modelling and control (invited papers - docking techniques and evaluations trials of the swimmer AUV K.M. Keller et al; predictive control and dynamic planning of an autonomous underwater vehicle, R. Smierzchalski et al.; ship manoeuvring and control - concept of a modern manoeuvre prediction system for ships, H. Korte et al.; monitoring, fault diagnosis, and fault detection in marine vehicles - enhanced neural-network modelling for process fault diagnosis T.K. Chang et al. Plenary Paper II: in pursuit of lean manning - ship automation and the value of simulation, K.J. Cartledge; application of genetic algorithms to marine systems - genetic method of optimization of evacuation ways in cases the fire growth at ferryboat, D. Lozowicka, P. Nikonczuk; control of special ships- modelling and control of a trawl system in the transversal direction, V. Johansen et al; modelling and control of fast ships (invited papers ) - a simulation tool for a fast ferry control design, S. Esteban et al, modelling and control of underwater vehicles I (invited papers), control of limit cycles for underwater vehicle systems using describing functions, Y.J. Huang, Y.J. Wang, AUV sliding mode autopilot optimisation using genetic algorithms, E.W. McGookin. Semi-Plenary paper II: shipboard system diagnostics and reconfiguration using model-based autonomous cooperative agents, S. Chiu et al; different aspects of marine control - wave spectrum correction with the ship's speed and the incidence angle, V. Nicolau, E. Ceanga, ship autopilot control design, predictive PID control for ship autopilot design, M.H. Moradi, M.R. Katebi. (Part contents)