System Optimization of Unmanned 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: 25 January 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: robust fault-tolerant control; sliding-mode control; model predictive control; deep learning with an emphasis on applications in marine vehicles
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Interests: nonlinear system; robust control; control of marine vehicles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Unmanned marine vehicles are revolutionizing ocean operations ranging from environmental monitoring to offshore infrastructure inspection, driving critical demand for advanced system optimization to ensure safer, and sustainable marine operations. Recent breakthroughs in optimization theory, artificial intelligence, and marine systems engineering provide critical tools for guidance, navigation and control, energy management, and communications in harsh ocean environments.
This special issue will investigate advanced optimization methodologies for enhancing the performance, autonomy, and operational efficiency of unmanned marine vehicles in complex ocean environments. Specifically, we invite studies focusing on innovative approaches to system optimization, including but not limited to reinforcement learning-based control, adaptive control strategies, multi-agent consensus control, and anti-saturation control. Research should demonstrate how these optimization techniques improve mission capabilities, endurance, or decision-making processes in real-world marine applications.
Prof. Dr. Liying Hao
Prof. Dr. Weidong Zhang
Dr. Yongpeng Weng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multi-objective design and optimization
- distributed formation control
- path planning and dynamic positioning
- navigation and optimal control
- fault diagnosis and cyber secure optimization
- perception and motion planning
- sliding mode fault-tolerant control
- sensor fusion and state estimation
- model predictive control
- system identification and parameter estimation
- energy aware mission planning
- digital twin validation
- deep learning for marine vehicle control
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