Consideration of performance assessment criteria required for a self-organizing fuzzy logic autopilot
Authors: Polkinghorne, M.N., Roberts, G.N. and Burns, R.S.
Volume: 1
Pages: 151-159
Abstract:Small vessels are highly non-linear time variant systems. Autopilot control of such vessels requires on-line learning features to ensure optimal performance levels as variations in both environmental conditions and vessel dynamic characteristics occur. A performance assessment criteria is therefore proposed which utilizes both heading error and rate of change of heading error as a means of assessing vessel performance and rudder activity in the small vessel application. Results from full scale sea trials are discussed to validate the proposed design.
Source: Scopus
