AI for Navigation and Path Planning of Marine Vehicles
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2024) | Viewed by 42307
Special Issue Editors
Interests: maritime autonomy; autonomous vessel; situational awareness
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing need for water-based navigation has created a strong demand for autonomous maritime surface vessels (AMSVs). In particular, research in the fields of path planning, autonomous navigation, and collision avoidance has started to become increasingly relevant for maritime transport.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the development of autonomous maritime surface vessels (AMSVs) can effectively resolve the increasing need for water-based navigation and safety at the sea. An important motivation for autonomous functions and increased intelligence in ships is to improve the safety and efficiency of operations, and to decrease the environmental footprint.
We would like to invite papers on the topic of “AI for Navigation and Path Planning of Marine Vehicles”. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- The use of AI for route planning, navigation, and optimisation;
- Collision avoidance algorithms;
- Sensors and data exploitation for path planning and collision avoidance;
- The development of autonomous vessels and autonomous maritime agents;
- The application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Big Data in maritime safety and smart shipping;
- Autonomous vessels
Dr. Sébastien Lafond
Dr. Sepinoud Azimi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- path planning, maritime autonomy
- autonomous vessel
- artificial intelligence, machine learning, collision avoidance
- situational awareness
- maritime data
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