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Recent Technological Advances in the Control and Guidance of Ships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

N. A. J. Witt ,
R. Sutton  and
K. M. Miller
N. A. J. Witt
Affiliation:
(Marine Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth)
R. Sutton
Affiliation:
(Marine Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth)
K. M. Miller
Affiliation:
(Marine Dynamics Research Group, Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth)
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Abstract

Over the past seventy years many advances have been made in the field of ship control. Early developments by Sperry and Minorsky on proportional controllers have led to today's modern control systems which have interfacing capabilities with position fixing equipment.

This paper presents a brief historical summary of the methods employed in ship control from early proportional devices through the range of adaptive systems and concludes with details of a possible future control method known as intelligent control.

Intelligent control consists of three methodologies: expert, fuzzy and neural. An investigation and comparison of the methodologies will present possible future control strategies.

Keywords

1. Autopilots2. Control3. Expert systems4. Fuzzy logic5. Neural networks
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 236 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1994

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