This paper presents a design of global smooth controllers that achieve the practical
stabilization of arbitrary reference trajectories, including fixed points and nonadmissible …

A controller is developed for underactuated surface ships with only surge force and yaw
moment available to globally asymptotically track a reference trajectory generated by a …

A method is proposed to design a new global controller that forces an underactuated ship to
follow a reference path under disturbances induced by wave, wind and ocean-current. The …

Steering a ship along a desired path with a prescribed forward speed is a vitally important
issue in many offshore applications. This paper presents a global controller that forces a …

A methodology is proposed to design a controller that forces position and orientation of
underactuated ships to globally track a reference trajectory. The ships under consideration …

We examine the problem of universal control for underactuated surface ships with only
surge force and yaw moment. Namely, a single controller is to be designed to achieve …

In this paper two non‐linear control laws for ships are derived by using a non‐linear ship
model which includes the hydrodynamic effects due to time‐varying speed and wave …

This paper proposes a global tracking control method for underactuated ships with input and
velocity constraints using the dynamic surface control (DSC) method, where the control …

This paper considers point-to-point navigation of underactuated ships where only surge
force and yaw moment are available. In general, a ship's sway motion satisfies a passive …

Most ocean vessels are underactuated but control of their motion in the real ocean
environment is essential. Control of Ships and Underwater Vehicles concentrates on the …