Ship collision avoidance methods: State-of-the-art

Y Huang, L Chen, P Chen, RR Negenborn… - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
Collision prevention is critical for navigation safety at sea. At early ages, researchers aimed
at developing navigational assistance systems for enhancing situational awareness of …

Probabilistic risk analysis for ship-ship collision: State-of-the-art

P Chen, Y Huang, J Mou, P Van Gelder - Safety science, 2019 - Elsevier
Maritime transportation system has made a significant contribution to the development of the
world economy. However, with the growth of quantity, scale, and speed of ships, maritime …

Human–machine cooperation research for navigation of maritime autonomous surface ships: A review and consideration

C Liu, X Chu, W Wu, S Li, Z He, M Zheng, H Zhou… - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) have obtained much attention in
recent years. Navigation with human–machine cooperation is the core for L1–L3 MASS. In …

Review of ship safety domains: Models and applications

R Szlapczynski, J Szlapczynska - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Ship safety domain is a term which is widely used in research on collision avoidance and
traffic engineering among others. Classic ship domains have been compared in multiple …

A collision avoidance decision-making system for autonomous ship based on modified velocity obstacle method

W Shaobo, Z Yingjun, L Lianbo - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposed a new collision avoidance decision-making system designed for
autonomous ship. The system outputs collision avoidance decisions based on the latest …

Generalized velocity obstacle algorithm for preventing ship collisions at sea

Y Huang, L Chen, P Van Gelder - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerous methods have been developed for ship collision prevention over the past
decades. However, most studies are based on strong assumptions, such as the need for a …

A real-time multi-ship collision avoidance decision-making system for autonomous ships considering ship motion uncertainty

K Zhang, L Huang, Y He, B Wang, J Chen, Y Tian… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ship autonomous collision avoidance has attracted increasing attention in recent years.
However, more attention is paid to the scenario in which the target ship keeps its course and …

[HTML][HTML] A concept of critical safety area applicable for an obstacle-avoidance process for manned and autonomous ships

M Gil - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
In times of increased automation of maritime transportation, ship collision with a stationary
obstacle (allision) remains a significant problem. There are many existing solutions rooted …

Velocity obstacle algorithms for collision prevention at sea

Y Huang, P Van Gelder, Y Wen - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
It is of critical importance to prevent collisions at sea for navigation safety. Some popular
techniques have been proposed and been used in practice, eg closest point of approach …

Autonomous collision avoidance system in a multi-ship environment based on proximal policy optimization method

Z Rongcai, X Hongwei, Y Kexin - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the challenge of local path planning in a complex, dynamic environment with
multiple ships, we built an autonomous collision avoidance system based on deep …