Optimising yacht routes under uncertainty

SNAME 15th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, CSYS 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 89-98

  Philpott, Andy ^a   Mason, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAILING VESSELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; YACHTS;

ARRIVAL TIME; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; INSTRUMENTATION PACKAGES; RISK AVERSE; ROUTING PROBLEMS; SHORT COURSE; UNCERTAINTY; WEATHER INFORMATION; WEATHER PREDICTION;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 79957936530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5957/CSYS-2001-009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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