<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents the modeling of car passenger ferryship design parameters with respect to such design criteria as selected sea-keeping qualities and additional resistance in waves. In the first part of the investigations approximations of selected statistical parameters of design criteria of ferryship were elaborated with respect to ship design parameters. The approximation functions were obtained with the use of artificial neural networks. In the second part of the investigations design solutions were searched for by applying the singleand multi-criterial optimization methods. The multi-criterial optimization was performed by using Pareto method. Such approach made it possible to present solutions in such form as to allow decision makers (shipowner, designer) to select solutions the most favourable in each individual case.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the modeling of car passenger ferryship design parameters with respect to such design criteria as selected sea-keeping qualities and additional resistance in waves. In the first part of the investigations approximations of selected statistical parameters of design criteria of ferryship were elaborated with respect to ship design parameters. The approximation functions were obtained with the use of artificial neural networks. In the second part of the investigations design solutions were searched for by applying the singleand multi-criterial optimization methods. The multi-criterial optimization was performed by using Pareto method. Such approach made it possible to present solutions in such form as to allow decision makers (shipowner, designer) to select solutions the most favourable in each individual case.

On the modeling of car passenger ferryship design parameters with respect to selected sea-keeping qualities and additional resistance in waves

Polish Maritime Research

This paper presents the modeling of car passenger ferryship design parameters with respect to such design criteria as selected sea-keeping qualities and...

On the modeling of car passenger ferryship design parameters with respect to selected sea-keeping qualities and additional resistance in waves

Published Online: Oct 21, 2009

Page range: 3 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-008-0026-4

Keywords
sea-keeping qualities, roll-on - roll-off ferryship, rolling, motion sickness index, lateral accelerations, additional resistance in waves, ship design parameters, modeling, artificial neural networks, optimization, Pareto method

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On the modeling of car passenger ferryship design parameters with respect to selected sea-keeping qualities and additional resistance in waves

Published Online: Oct 21, 2009

Page range: 3 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-008-0026-4

Keywordssea-keeping qualities, roll-on - roll-off ferryship, rolling, motion sickness index, lateral accelerations, additional resistance in waves, ship design parameters, modeling, artificial neural networks, optimization, Pareto method

This content is open access.

Keywords
sea-keeping qualities, roll-on - roll-off ferryship, rolling, motion sickness index, lateral accelerations, additional resistance in waves, ship design parameters, modeling, artificial neural networks, optimization, Pareto method