Expertsystem as an Assistant for Manned and Autonomous Shipping

Three large ships are at the entrance to the port of Rostock-Warnemünde. A cruise ship is anchored on the left, a modern ferry with a striking white Flettner rotor enters the harbor in the middle, while another ferry leaves the harbor on the right.
A cruise ship, a ferry with a cylindrical Flettner rotor and another ferry in the busy harbor entrance of Rostock-Warnemünde (source: Wismar University of Applied Sciences)

Development of an expert system for the automated recognition and evaluation of nautical situations

This project aims to develop and to implement an expert system for the automated detection and assessment of nautical situations. This system will use a server-based processed data (wind, waves, tidal currents, ship traffic, nautical reports, etc.) for direct operational server services.

Moreover, the project also includes the exemplary development of user and display interfaces (on board manned ships and for use in shore-based monitoring stations, as e.g. traffic control centers) with the aim of anticipating the requirements for an expert system resulting from introducing autonomous ships.

Finally, tests and demonstrations will be carried out in the ship handling simulator and in the experimental system of the VTS simulator at the Maritime Simulation Center Warnemünde (MSCW). The development and creation of the nautical expert system for shore-based services will be largely carried out at Wismar University of Applied Sciences.


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