In this paper, an improved robust line-of-sight (RLOS) guidance-based fuzzy sliding mode controller is presented to control underactuated ships to conduct the cooperative maritime search operation under the presented improved creeping line search met...
A distributed improved robust integral line-of-sight (RILOS) guidance-based sliding mode controller is designed for multiple underactuated autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) to perform cooperative maritime search operations. First, a parallel circle s...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play an increasingly vital role in maritime search and rescue (SAR) because they can be deployed quickly, cover large ocean areas, and operate without exposing human crews to risk. Compared with single platforms, multi...
Maritime vision sensing can be applied to maritime unmanned systems to perform search and rescue (SAR) missions under complex marine environments, as multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are able to conduct vi...
This paper delves into the multi-port berth allocation problem (MBAP), enriching the traditional berth allocation problem (BAP) with vessel speed optimization (VSO). In the MBAP, it is assumed that there is cooperation between the port and the shippi...
In the ever-changing maritime shipping industry, ports, and more specifically, container terminals, are always on the search for better policy and operational plan developments. As the maritime shipping sector changes, new areas of research emerge. I...
Multi-robot cooperative patrolling systems have been extensively employed in the civilian and military fields, including monitoring forest fires, marine search-and-rescue, and area patrol. Multi-robot area patrol problems refer to the activity that a...
The cooperative control of multiple autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) is a critical area of research due to its significant applications in maritime operations, such as search and rescue and environmental monitoring. However, challenges such as comm...
Maritime security is vital to national security. The application of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) clusters in marine anti-submarine warfare (ASW) presents a new and significant challenge worthy of in-depth study. Based on the anti-submarine principle...
Ship path planning is one of the key technologies for ship automation. Establishing a cooperative collision avoidance (CA) path for multi-ship encounters is of great value to maritime intelligent transportation. This study aims to solve the problem o...
To overcome the challenges of low positioning accuracy and inefficient resource utilization in cooperative target localization by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in complex environments, this paper presents a cooperative localization algorithm that i...
As a new type of marine unmanned intelligent equipment, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has been widely used in the field of ocean observation, maritime rescue, mine countermeasures, intelligence reconnaissance, etc. Especially in the underwater...
This scoping review investigates the digital transition of critical energy infrastructure (CEI) in maritime ports, which are increasingly vital as energy hubs amid global decarbonisation efforts. Recognising the growing role of ports in integrating o...
In order to solve the multi-objective planning and trajectory tracking control problem related to maritime autonomous surface ships (MASSs), a new design scheme for autonomous navigation is proposed in this paper, with a receding horizon navigation a...
Maritime tourism has become a competitive opportunity for many island destinations in search of sustainable development. This article aims to analyze the hypothesis that tourist satisfaction with nautical destinations depends on the experience of pre...
This paper focuses on the development of secondary ports in the circular economy model (as a node of circular supply chains) to implement sustainable seaports in the context of the structural changes taking place in the global economy, trade, and mar...