A neural-network approach to the control of surface ships

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Burns, R ^a   Richter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine systems; Mathematical models; Navigation systems; Neural control; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPEED; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

FORWARD SPEEDS; MARINE SYSTEMS; NEURAL CONTROL;

NAVAL VESSELS;

EID: 0030108707     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0661(96)00019-6     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Burns, R. S. (1989). "Application of the Riccati Equation in Control and Guidance of Marine Vehicles", Proceedings of Workshop on the Riccati Equation in Control, Systems and Signals. International Federation of Automatic Control, Como, Italy 26-28th June 1989.
2. Burns, R. S. (1990). "The Design, Development and Implementation of an Optimal Guidance System for Ships in Confined Waters". Proceedings of the 9th Ship Control Systems Symposium, Vol 3, Bethesda, USA.
3. Endo, M., van Amerongen, J. and Bakkers, A. W. P. (1989). "Application of Neural Networks to Ship Steering", IFAC Workshop on Control Application.
4. Panel on Human Error in Merchant Marine Safety (1976). "Human Error in Merchant Marine Safety". National Academy of Science, Washington DC.
5. Richter, R. and Burns, R. S. (1993). "An Artificial Neural Network Autopilot for Small Vessels", UKSS 93, 13-15th September 1993, Keswick, UK, The Society for Computer Simulation.