SHIP TRAFFIC MODELLING AND SIMULATION
This paper presents a ship traffic modelling approach, which aims to determine mathematical models from existing historical records of ship movements and flows between ports. It is shown that, under quite general assumptions, it is possible to obtain a discrete-time state space model expressed in terms of column- stochastic matrices. After a preliminary introduction on the essential properties and main features of the traffic model, a discussion of the possible use of such a model for simulation purposes is developed. It is demonstrated, for this purpose, that the proposed model can efficiently cope with high-dimensional problems and can therefore be used to simulate and predict traffic evolution inside a relatively large sea basin. Some validation examples obtained from traffic data inside the Mediterranean Sea are presented.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Marine Technology & Transportation: ODRA 95, 1st Intl Conf on Marine Technology; 20-22 Sept 1995; Szczecin, Poland & MARTRANS 95, 1st Intl Conf on Marine Transport in the 21st Century; 30 Aug-1 Sept 1995; Plymouth, UK. Procs. Publ by Computational Mechanics Publications, UK, ISBN 1 853123307. Marine Transport, p 785 [9 p, 9 ref, 3 fig]
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Authors:
- Tiano, A
- Cuneo, M
- Fratta, C
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Traffic simulation; Water traffic
- Old TRIS Terms: Traffic movements
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00718962
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 27 1996 12:00AM