<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article discusses the problem of designing a proper and efficient adaptive course-keeping control system for a seagoing ship based on the adaptive backstepping method. The proposed controller in the design stage takes into account the dynamic properties of the steering gear and the full nonlinear static maneuvering characteristic. The adjustable parameters of the achieved nonlinear control structure were tuned up by using the genetic algorithm in order to optimize the system performance. A realistic full-scale simulation model of the B-481 type vessel including wave and wind effects was applied to simulate the control algorithm by using time domain analysis.</p></abstract>

The article discusses the problem of designing a proper and efficient adaptive course-keeping control system for a seagoing ship based on the adaptive backstepping method. The proposed controller in the design stage takes into account the dynamic properties of the steering gear and the full nonlinear static maneuvering characteristic. The adjustable parameters of the achieved nonlinear control structure were tuned up by using the genetic algorithm in order to optimize the system performance. A realistic full-scale simulation model of the B-481 type vessel including wave and wind effects was applied to simulate the control algorithm by using time domain analysis.

Designing a ship course controller by applying the adaptive backstepping method

Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering Gdańsk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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The article discusses the problem of designing a proper and efficient adaptive course-keeping control system for a seagoing ship based on the adaptive...

Designing a ship course controller by applying the adaptive backstepping method

Published Online: Dec 28, 2012

Page range: 985 - 997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-012-0073-y

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