TY - JOUR
T1 - A real time simulation optimization framework for vessel collision avoidance and the case of singapore strait
AU - Pedrielli, Giulia
AU - Xing, Yifan
AU - Peh, Jia Hao
AU - Koh, Kim Wee
AU - Ng, Szu Hui
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received August 5, 2016; revised April 5, 2017, March 29, 2018, and November 9, 2018; accepted February 16, 2019. Date of publication July 2, 2019; date of current version February 28, 2020. This work was supported by National Science Foundation, Division Of Civil Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation under Grant 1829238 and Grant SMI-2017-SP-02. The Associate Editor for this paper was Y. Chen. (Corresponding author: Giulia Pedrielli.) G. Pedrielli is with the School of Computing Information Systems and Design Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85821 USA (e-mail: giulia.pedrielli@asu.edu).
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PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Safety is a primary concern for the various transport means. For sea transport, this includes various aspects like human safety at sea and at port, and also environmental safety and sustainability. In heavy-traffic regions where the waters are congested and vessels sail very closely together, ensuring these safety needs can be challenging. In this paper, we leverage on the rich information transmitted through the automatic identification system (AIS) and propose, for the first time, an integrated simulation-optimization approach for real time collision avoidance. This enables capturing of stochastic dynamic behavior of vessels for better prediction and fast trajectory optimization for application in real time. Specifically, a realistic agent-based model is developed based on behavioral learning in a real-environment, and incorporated into a fast collision avoidance optimization model in real time to provide robust collision avoidance that is able to account for future stochastic consequences of the actions taken. To achieve this, we develop: 1) a vessel pattern recognition method that mines the rich AIS data to produce realistic trajectory models; 2) an agent-based simulation model to enhance future trajectory prediction; and 3) a fast surrogate-based sampling technique to generate collision avoidance maneuvers for vessel captains in real time. To illustrate the feasibility of the approach, we use the case of the Singapore strait, one of the busiest straits in the world.
AB - Safety is a primary concern for the various transport means. For sea transport, this includes various aspects like human safety at sea and at port, and also environmental safety and sustainability. In heavy-traffic regions where the waters are congested and vessels sail very closely together, ensuring these safety needs can be challenging. In this paper, we leverage on the rich information transmitted through the automatic identification system (AIS) and propose, for the first time, an integrated simulation-optimization approach for real time collision avoidance. This enables capturing of stochastic dynamic behavior of vessels for better prediction and fast trajectory optimization for application in real time. Specifically, a realistic agent-based model is developed based on behavioral learning in a real-environment, and incorporated into a fast collision avoidance optimization model in real time to provide robust collision avoidance that is able to account for future stochastic consequences of the actions taken. To achieve this, we develop: 1) a vessel pattern recognition method that mines the rich AIS data to produce realistic trajectory models; 2) an agent-based simulation model to enhance future trajectory prediction; and 3) a fast surrogate-based sampling technique to generate collision avoidance maneuvers for vessel captains in real time. To illustrate the feasibility of the approach, we use the case of the Singapore strait, one of the busiest straits in the world.
KW - Collision avoidance
KW - agent based modeling
KW - meta-model based simulation optimization
KW - multi-objective optimization
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U2 - 10.1109/TITS.2019.2903824
DO - 10.1109/TITS.2019.2903824
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081113989
SN - 1524-9050
VL - 21
SP - 1204
EP - 1215
JO - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
JF - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
IS - 3
M1 - 8753684
ER -