Intelligent ship autopilots - A historical perspective

Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 10 SPEC., 2003, Pages 1091-1103

  Roberts, G N ^a   Sutton, R ^b   Zirilli, A ^c   Tiano, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intelligent control; Neuralfuzzy design; Ship autopilots

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; HISTORY; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

SHIP AUTOPILOTS;

SHIP SIMULATORS;

EID: 0042010117     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4158(03)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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