Hierarchical control architecture for mobile offshore bases

Marine Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 459-476

  Girard, Anouck ^a   Hedrick, J Karl ^a   De Sousa, João Tasso De Figueiredo Borges ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION CONTROL; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SCADA SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MOBILE OFFSHORE BASES (MOB);

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

CONTROL SYSTEM; MOBILE OFFSHORE BASE; MOTION SUPPRESSION SYSTEM; NAVIGATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DAMPING; FLOATING STRUCTURE; NAVIGATION;

EID: 0034214804     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8339(00)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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