Ship steering control system optimisation using genetic algorithms

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-443

  McGookin, Euan W ^a   Murray Smith, David J ^a   Li, Yun ^a   Fossen, Thor I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Optimisation problems; Ship control; Sliding mode control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SHIPS;

SHIP STEERING CONTROL SYSTEMS; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; STEERING SYSTEM; TANKER SHIP;

CONTROL SYSTEM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; SHIP MOTION; TANKER SHIP;

EID: 0034099467     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(99)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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