Fuzzy decision on optimal collision avoidance measures for ships in vessel traffic service

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-48

  Su, Chien Min ^a   Chang, Ki Yin ^a   Cheng, Chih Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance decision; Collision danger domain; Fuzzy monitoring system; Rudder steering procedure

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COLLISION ALERT; COLLISION DANGER DOMAIN; DECISION METHOD; EARLY WARNING; FUZZY DECISION; FUZZY LOGIC THEORY; FUZZY MONITORING SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; MICROSOFT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION SAFETY; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; SHIP COLLISION; SHIP COLLISION AVOIDANCE; VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE; VISUAL STUDIOS;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; RUDDERS;

SHIPS;

EID: 84858638353     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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