A ship routing system applied at short sea distances

New generation of high-resolution meteo-oceanographic predictions provides useful tools for routing of ships in short maritime distances. In this work, the optimal ship routing analysis is investigated in maritime routes in the Western Mediterranean Sea for relative short sea distances. A* algorithm...

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Autores: Grifoll Colls, Manel|||0000-0003-4260-6732, Martínez de Osés, Francesc Xavier|||0000-0001-9997-6246
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/112511
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/112511
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optimum ship routing--Mathematical models
Ship Routing
Optmization
A* Algorithm
Wave Conditions
Viatges per mar -- Planificació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Nàutica::Navegació marítima
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Sumario:New generation of high-resolution meteo-oceanographic predictions provides useful tools for routing of ships in short maritime distances. In this work, the optimal ship routing analysis is investigated in maritime routes in the Western Mediterranean Sea for relative short sea distances. A* algorithm is implemented in order to obtain the optimal path under an energetic wave events. The methodological aspects are presented including the grid description and weather prediction systems. The optimized cost function is the travel time and it is obtained considering the added resistance due to waves. A practical example considers the maritime route between Barcelona and Algiers. The results show the influence of this factor in the optimum path recovered by the algorithm. The relevance of the relative direction between wave and ship route is proven comparing the ship routing results.