<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents mathematical relationships that allow us to forecast the newbuilding price of new bulk carriers, based on data concerning vessels built in 2005-2015. The presented approximations allow us to estimate the price based on a gross tonnage capacity and a main engine power The approximations were developed using linear regression and the theory of artificial neural networks. The presented relations have practical application for estimation of bulk carrier newbuilding price needed in preliminary parametric design of the ship. It follows from the above that the use of artificial neural networks to predict the price of a bulk carrier brings more accurate solutions than linear regression.</p></abstract>

The paper presents mathematical relationships that allow us to forecast the newbuilding price of new bulk carriers, based on data concerning vessels built in 2005-2015. The presented approximations allow us to estimate the price based on a gross tonnage capacity and a main engine power The approximations were developed using linear regression and the theory of artificial neural networks. The presented relations have practical application for estimation of bulk carrier newbuilding price needed in preliminary parametric design of the ship. It follows from the above that the use of artificial neural networks to predict the price of a bulk carrier brings more accurate solutions than linear regression.

Prediction of a Newbuilding Proce of the Bulk Carriers based on Gross Tonnage GT and Main Engine Power

The Association for Praucting of Knowledge About Sea

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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The paper presents mathematical relationships that allow us to forecast the newbuilding price of new bulk carriers, based on data concerning vessels built in...

Prediction of a Newbuilding Proce of the Bulk Carriers based on Gross Tonnage GT and Main Engine Power

Pubblicato online: 23 gen 2017

Pagine: 42 - 45

Ricevuto: 01 giu 2016

Accettato: 01 ott 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mspe-2017-0006

Parole chiave
bulk carrier, newbuilding price, cost estimation, gross tonnage, engine power, design, artificial neural networks, linear regression, approximation

© 2017 Żaneta Cepowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Prediction of a Newbuilding Proce of the Bulk Carriers based on Gross Tonnage GT and Main Engine Power

Pubblicato online: 23 gen 2017

Pagine: 42 - 45

Ricevuto: 01 giu 2016

Accettato: 01 ott 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mspe-2017-0006

Parole chiavebulk carrier, newbuilding price, cost estimation, gross tonnage, engine power, design, artificial neural networks, linear regression, approximation

© 2017 Żaneta Cepowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
bulk carrier, newbuilding price, cost estimation, gross tonnage, engine power, design, artificial neural networks, linear regression, approximation