An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation Situations

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) are attracting increasing attention in recent years as it brings new opportunities for water transportation. Previous studies aim to propose fully autonomous system on collision avoidance decisions and operations, either focus on supporting conflict detectio...

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Main Authors: Xiaolie Wu, Kezhong Liu, Jinfen Zhang, Zhitao Yuan, Jiongjiong Liu, Qing Yu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7537825
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author Xiaolie Wu
Kezhong Liu
Jinfen Zhang
Zhitao Yuan
Jiongjiong Liu
Qing Yu
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Kezhong Liu
Jinfen Zhang
Zhitao Yuan
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Qing Yu
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description Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) are attracting increasing attention in recent years as it brings new opportunities for water transportation. Previous studies aim to propose fully autonomous system on collision avoidance decisions and operations, either focus on supporting conflict detection or providing with collision avoidance decisions. However, the human-machine cooperation is essential in practice at the first stage of automation. An optimized collision avoidance decision-making system is proposed in this paper, which involves risk appetite (RA) as the orientation. The RA oriented collision avoidance decision-making system (RA-CADMS) is developed based on human-machine interaction during ship collision avoidance, while being consistent with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and Ordinary Practice of Seamen (OPS). It facilitates automatic collision avoidance and safeguards the MASS remote control. Moreover, the proposed RA-CADMS are used in several encounter situations to demonstrate the preference. The results show that the RA-CADMS is capable of providing accurate collision avoidance decisions, while ensuring efficiency of MASS maneuvering under different RA.
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spelling doaj-art-d576485038754f93919b00b1fdf8c1ee2025-02-03T06:05:34ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952021-01-01202110.1155/2021/75378257537825An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation SituationsXiaolie Wu0Kezhong Liu1Jinfen Zhang2Zhitao Yuan3Jiongjiong Liu4Qing Yu5School of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaSchool of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Navigation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, ChinaMaritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) are attracting increasing attention in recent years as it brings new opportunities for water transportation. Previous studies aim to propose fully autonomous system on collision avoidance decisions and operations, either focus on supporting conflict detection or providing with collision avoidance decisions. However, the human-machine cooperation is essential in practice at the first stage of automation. An optimized collision avoidance decision-making system is proposed in this paper, which involves risk appetite (RA) as the orientation. The RA oriented collision avoidance decision-making system (RA-CADMS) is developed based on human-machine interaction during ship collision avoidance, while being consistent with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and Ordinary Practice of Seamen (OPS). It facilitates automatic collision avoidance and safeguards the MASS remote control. Moreover, the proposed RA-CADMS are used in several encounter situations to demonstrate the preference. The results show that the RA-CADMS is capable of providing accurate collision avoidance decisions, while ensuring efficiency of MASS maneuvering under different RA.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7537825
spellingShingle Xiaolie Wu
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An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation Situations
Journal of Advanced Transportation
title An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation Situations
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title_fullStr An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation Situations
title_full_unstemmed An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation Situations
title_short An Optimized Collision Avoidance Decision-Making System for Autonomous Ships under Human-Machine Cooperation Situations
title_sort optimized collision avoidance decision making system for autonomous ships under human machine cooperation situations
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