A Study on Marine Vessels’ Path Optimization under Typhoon Scenarios

Abstract

Typhoon may cause a huge impact on the safety and costs of marine vessels on the voyage. In order to effectively solve the path optimization problem for marine vessels under typhoon scenarios, this paper proposes a hybrid algorithm integrating Genetic Algorithm (GA) with Receding Horizon Control (RHC), which considers real-time typhoon data, marine environment data including ocean currents and reefs etc., as well as safety operation requirements for marine voyage. Then, simulation experiments are conducted to test the proposed method. The experimental results indicate that the new algorithm is effective and efficient to optimize voyage paths for marine vessels under typhoon scenarios, i.e., when compared with global path optimization, the new algorithm can improve the cost-efficiency of voyage path with safety guarantee.