Generating functional complex-based ship arrangements using network partitioning and community preferences

Generating ship arrangements is inherently a problem of identifying the spatial regions to be occupied by shipboard elements while balancing the impact on performance. Traditionally, elements are assigned a Cartesian coordinate location, and the allocation problem is solved in three-dimensional space. The coordinates for each subsequent element are selected by considering the element's interactions with placed and yet-to-be-placed elements. This paper presents a new approach to ship arrangements that starts with a non-spatial, network theory-based perspective and results in the traditional assignment of shipboard items to designated structural zones. Network partitioning is used to identify groups of mutually compatible ship elements, termed communities. A metric is introduced to express each community's cumulative preference to be located in specified regions of the ship. The cumulative preferences are used in a direct community-to-structural zone seeding procedure that creates reasonable initial compartment allocations. The rudimentary design knowledge required to position a particular set of shipboard elements using the proposed methods is ideally suited to early-stage design processes.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.05.007
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801813001881
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Gillespie, Justin W
  • Daniels, Anthony S
  • Singer, David J
• Publication Date: 2013-11-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 107-115
• Serial:
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 72
  • Publisher: Pergamon
  • ISSN: 0029-8018
  • EISSN: 1873-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00298018

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Complex systems; Design methods; Layout; Naval architecture; Network analysis (Planning); Ships; Vehicle compartments
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01499555
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 21 2013 9:21AM