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Vessel trajectory prediction is fundamental to intelligent maritime systems. Within this domain, short-term prediction of rapid behavioral changes in complex maritime environments has established multimodal trajectory prediction (MTP) as a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Rui Zhang , Chao Li , Kezhong Liu , Chen Wang , Bolong Zheng , Hongbo Jiang

Autonomous navigation in ice-covered waters poses significant challenges due to the frequent lack of viable collision-free trajectories. When complete obstacle avoidance is infeasible, it becomes imperative for the navigation strategy to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Ninghan Zhong , Alessandro Potenza , Stephen L. Smith

Energy efficiency and safety are two critical objectives for marine vehicles operating in environments with obstacles, and they generally conflict with each other. In this paper, we propose a novel online motion planning method of marine…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-14 Haojiao Liang , Huiping Li , Jian Gao , Rongxin Cui , Demin Xu

The real-time prediction of floating offshore asset behavior under stochastic metocean conditions remains a significant challenge in offshore engineering. While traditional empirical and frequency-domain methods work well in benign…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Michael T. M. B. Morris-Thomas , Marius Martens

The detection and prevention of illegal fishing is critical to maintaining a healthy and functional ecosystem. Recent research on ship detection in satellite imagery has focused exclusively on performance improvements, disregarding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Arthur Van Meerbeeck , Jordy Van Landeghem , Ruben Cartuyvels , Marie-Francine Moens

This paper approaches the application of the waiting model with Poisson inputs and priorities in the port activity. The arrival of ships in the maritime terminal is numerically modelled, and specific parameters for the distribution…

Performance · Computer Science 2019-03-28 Gh. Miscoi , A. Costea , R. I. Ţicu , C. Pomazan

This work aims at generating a model of the ocean surface and its dynamics from one or more video cameras. The idea is to model wave patterns from video as a first step towards a larger system of photogrammetric monitoring of marine…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-10-01 Mauro de Amorim , Ricardo Fabbri , Lucia Maria dos Santos Pinto , Francisco Duarte Moura Neto

Routing vessels through narrow and dynamic waterways is challenging due to changing environmental conditions and operational constraints. Existing vessel-routing studies typically fail to generalize across multiple origin-destination pairs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Vaishnav Vaidheeswaran , Dilith Jayakody , Samruddhi Mulay , Anand Lo , Md Mahbub Alam , Gabriel Spadon

Accurate predictions of ship trajectories in crowded environments are essential to ensure safety in inland waterways traffic. Recent advances in deep learning promise increased accuracy even for complex scenarios. While the challenge of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Tom Legel , Dirk Söffker , Roland Schätzle , Kathrin Donandt

Vessel transit in ice-covered waters poses unique challenges in safe and efficient motion planning. When the concentration of ice is high, it may not be possible to find collision-free trajectories. Instead, ice can be pushed out of the way…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Rodrigue de Schaetzen , Alexander Botros , Robert Gash , Kevin Murrant , Stephen L. Smith

In this paper, we propose a machine learning-based approach to address the lack of ability for designers to optimize urban land use planning from the perspective of vehicle travel demand. Research shows that our computational model can help…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Zixun Huang , Hao Zheng

With the growth of global maritime transportation, energy optimization has become crucial for reducing costs and ensuring operational efficiency. Shaft power is the mechanical power transmitted from the engine to the shaft and directly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Akriti Sharma , Dogan Altan , Dusica Marijan , Arnbjørn Maressa

This work presents a model for the Tramp Ship Scheduling problem including berth allocation considerations, motivated by a real case of a shipping company. The aim is to determine the travel schedule for each vessel considering multiple…

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) tracks vessel movement by means of electronic exchange of navigation data between vessels, with onboard transceiver, terrestrial and/or satellite base stations. The gathered data contains a wealth…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-06-06 Enmei Tu , Guanghao Zhang , Lily Rachmawati , Eshan Rajabally , Guang-Bin Huang

Environmental factors pose a significant challenge to the operational efficiency and safety of advanced air mobility (AAM) networks. This paper presents a simulation-optimization framework that dynamically integrates wind variability into…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-21 Emin Burak Onat , Shangqing Cao , Raiyan Rizwan , Xuan Jiang , Mark Hansen , Raja Sengupta , Anjan Chakrabarty

Modern container ships face higher wind loads due to increased windage areas, making accurate predictions of wind loads essential for mooring design. Existing empirical models, largely developed for container ships with smaller windage…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Matilde Fiore , Andrea Bresciani , Miguel Alfonso Mendez , Jeroen van Beeck

The recent advancement in vehicular networking technology provides novel solutions for designing intelligent and sustainable vehicle motion controllers. This work addresses a car-following task, where the feedback linearisation method is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Sheng Yu , Xiao Pan , Anastasis Georgiou , Boli Chen , Imad M. Jaimoukha , Simos A. Evangelou

Selfish routing on dynamic flows over time is used to model scenarios that vary with time in which individual agents act in their best interest. In this paper we provide a survey of a particular dynamic model, the deterministic queuing…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Christine Antonsen

The efficiency of current cargo screening processes at sea and air ports is unknown as no benchmarks exists against which they could be measured. Some manufacturer benchmarks exist for individual sensors but we have not found any benchmarks…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-05-31 Peer-Olaf Siebers , Uwe Aickelin , David Menachof , Galina Sherman , Peter Zimmerman

This work presents a density-based framework for safe navigation in dynamic environments characterized by time-varying obstacle sets and time-varying target regions. We propose an analytical construction of time-varying density functions…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Sriram S. K. S Narayanan , Joseph Moyalan , Umesh Vaidya