A novel DVS guidance principle and robust adaptive path-following control for underactuated ships using low frequency gain-learning

G Zhang, X Zhang - ISA transactions, 2015 - Elsevier
Around the waypoint-based path-following control for marine ships, a novel dynamic virtual
ship (DVS) guidance principle is developed to implement the assumption “the reference …

Adaptive neural path-following control for underactuated ships in fields of marine practice

G Zhang, X Zhang, Y Zheng - Ocean Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
In this note, one concerns with the problem of robust adaptive path-following control for
uncertain underactuated ships in fields of marine practice: waypoints based navigation. A …

Novel DVS guidance and path-following control for underactuated ships in presence of multiple static and moving obstacles

G Zhang, Y Deng, W Zhang, C Huang - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This note focuses on the waypoints-based path-following problem of underactuated ships,
where the reference path is surrounded by multiple static and moving obstacles. By virtue of …

Improved iterative learning path-following control for USV via the potential-based DVS guidance

G Zhang, X Shang, J Liu, W Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering navigation scenarios in elaborate waters, the high-precision waypoints-based
path-following problem of underactuated surface vessel (USV) is investigated by combining …

Robust neural path-following control for underactuated ships with the DVS obstacles avoidance guidance

G Zhang, Y Deng, W Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In this note, one focuses on the waypoints-based path-following control of underactuated
surface ships with the mechanism of multi-static or slow time-varying obstacles avoidance. In …

DVSL guidance-based composite neural path following control for underactuated cable-laying vessels using event-triggered inputs

C Zhang, G Zhang, X Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In this note, the path following issue of underactuated cable-laying vessels is addressed
from two aspects, ie, guidance and control. By exploiting the hierarchical design, a so-called …

APF-based intelligent navigation approach for USV in presence of mixed potential directions: Guidance and control design

G Zhang, J Han, J Li, X Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the real-time intelligent navigation approach for unmanned surface
vehicle (USV), considering constraints of the randomly moving target and multiple static or …

Event-triggered robust adaptive control for path following of the URS in presence of the marine practice

J Li, G Zhang, X Zhang, W Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This note investigates an event-triggered robust adaptive control for path following of the
unmanned robot sailboat (URS) by employing the proportional integral sliding mode …

Concise robust adaptive path-following control of underactuated ships using DSC and MLP

G Zhang, X Zhang - IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
<? Pub Dtl=""?> In this paper, the authors study the problem of robust adaptive path-
following control for underactuated ships with model uncertainties and nonzero-mean time …

Improved composite learning path-following control for the underactuated cable-laying ship via the double layers logical guidance

G Zhang, C Zhang, J Li, X Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the setpoints-based path-following issue of the underactuated cable-
laying ship in the presence of the model uncertainty and unknown external disturbance. To …