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Haseltalab, A. (author), Garofano, V. (author), Afzal, Muhammad Raheel (author), Faggioni, Nicoló (author), Li, Shijie (author), Liu, Jialun (author), Ma, Feng (author), Martelli, Michele (author), Singh, Yogang (author), Slaets, Peter (author), You, Xu (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)The future autonomous ships will be operating in an environment where different autonomous and non-autonomous vessels with different characteristics exist. These vessels are owned by different parties and each uses its owned unique approaches for guidance and navigation. The Collaborative Autonomous Shipping Experiment (CASE) aims at...journal article 2020
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Larsen, R.B. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Controlling systems with both continuous and discrete actuators using model predictive control is often impractical, since mixed-integer optimization problems are too complex to solve sufficiently fast. This paper proposes a parallelizable method to control both the continuous input and the discrete switching signal for linear switched...journal article 2020
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Huang, Yamin (author), Chen, Linying (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)Many Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) for autonomous ships usually presume that a ship's dynamics are completely known in advance. However, precise parameters for ships in different operating conditions are, in fact, uncertain and unknown. The parameter identification of ship dynamics is challenging and time-consuming. Thus, uncertainties in...journal article 2020
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Ye, J. (author), Reppa, V. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Offshore structures with large mass are installed and removed by heavy lift vessels. During offshore constructions, two safety-critical interconnected operations take place, the dynamic positioning of the vessel and the lifting of the heavy structure by an immovable boom crane on the vessel. Existing studies on offshore boom crane control...journal article 2020
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Boers, Luke (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)We present a “rich” Petrol Station Replenishment Problem (PSRP) with real-life characteristics that represents the complexities involved in actual operations. The planning is optimised over multiple days and therefore, the new variant can be classified as the Multi-Period Petrol Station Replenishment Problem (MP-PSRP). A Mixed Integer Linear...conference paper 2020
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Neijmeijer, Nout (author), Schulte, F. (author), Tierney, Kevin (author), Polinder, H. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Dynamic pricing can be used for better fleet distribution in free-floating vehicle sharing (FFVS), and thus increase utilization and revenue for the provider by reducing supply-demand asymmetry. Supply-demand asymmetry refers to the existence of an undersupply of vehicles at some locations at the same time as underutilization of vehicles at...conference paper 2020
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Larsen, R.B. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)When barges are scheduled before the demand for container transport is known, the scheduled departures may match poorly with the realised demands’ due dates and with the truck utilization. Synchromodal transport enables simultaneous planning of container, truck and barge routes at the operational level. Often these decisions are taken by...conference paper 2020
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Du, Zhe (author), Reppa, V. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) are seeing a significant development over the last decade. In recent years, their commercial applications are attracting the attention of many companies. One of the promising subjects is to develop autonomous tugs for ship berthing. This paper focuses on the cooperative control of autonomous tugs for ship...journal article 2020
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Haseltalab, A. (author), Garofano, V. (author), van Pampus, Maurits (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)The maneuvering control of autonomous vessels has been under extensive investigations by academic and industrial communities since it is one of the primary steps towards enabling unmanned shipping. In this paper, a model predictive control (MPC) approach is presented for trajectory tracking control of vessels which takes into account the...journal article 2020
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Hipolito, Tomas (author), Nabais, Joao Lemos (author), Botto, Miguel Ayala (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)This paper proposes three different formulations of a centralized Model Predictive Control framework to manage the logistics of continuous-flow Supply Chains subject to fluctuating demand. The Supply Chain is modeled as a dynamical system composed of several players handling commodities from the production phase to the retail phase....journal article 2020
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Jonker, Tim (author), Duinkerken, M.B. (author), Yorke-Smith, N. (author), de Waal, A. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Increasing international maritime transport drives the need for efficient container terminals. The speed at which containers can be processed through a terminal is an important performance indicator. In particular, the productivity of the quay cranes (QCs) determines the performance of a container terminal; hence QC scheduling has received...journal article 2019
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Sprong, J. P. (author), Lin, X. (author), Maestre, J. M. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Controlling food quality and reducing waste is one of the most challenging tasks in the food industry, as it is facing high rates of wastage, leading to negative environmental impact. This research focuses on improving the scheduling and control of the supply chain of Irish lamb meat using real-time quality and temperature information....conference paper 2019
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Chen, L. (author), Haseltalab, A. (author), Garofano, V. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)In this paper, a distributed control approach is proposed to enable fuel-efficient Vessel Train Formations (VTF) in inland waterways and port areas for addressing the efficiency and environmental issues of transport over water. For path tracking, collision avoidance, and consensus over the VTF speed a distributed Model Predictive Control (MPC...conference paper 2019
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Meng, Chuang (author), Xin, J. (author), Peng, Jinzhu (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)In this paper, we study the collision-free routing of a multi-robot system to complete given tasks in the shortest time. In a robotic assembly unit, several stations work serially and in parallel. In a station, multiple robots share the same workspace and face the challenge of minimizing the cycle time and avoiding collisions at the same time...conference paper 2019
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Larsen, R.B. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)When containers are transported on a-modal bookings, the transport supplier can decide which combination of trucks, trains, ships, etc. to use. This gives the flexibility to transport suppliers to route the containers in accordance with the current state of the synchromodal transport network. At the same time, it enables the transport...conference paper 2019
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Li, S. (author), Liu, J. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Over the past two decades, a number of methods have been proposed for solving maritime collision avoidance problems. Most of these works take a single ship's perspective and focus on one-to-one or one-to-many situations. To more complicated many-to-many situations, less attention has been paid. To deal with the many-to-many collision...journal article 2019
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Haseltalab, A. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Over the last few years, autonomous shipping has been under extensive investigation by the scientific community where the main focus has been on ship maneuvering control and not on the optimal use of energy sources. In this paper, the purpose is to bridge the gap between maneuvering control, energy management, and the control of the Power and...journal article 2019
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Tian, X. (author), Guo, Y. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Wei, Lingna (author), Lin, N.M. (author), Maestre, José María (author)Operational water resources management needs to adopt operational strategies to re-allocate water resources by manipulating hydraulic structures. Model Predictive Control (MPC) has been shown to be a promising technique in this context. However, we still need to advance MPC in the face of hydrological uncertainties. This study makes the first...journal article 2019
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Haseltalab, A. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Motion control is one of the most critical aspects in the design of autonomous ships. During maneuvering, the dynamics of propellers as well as the craft hydrodynamical specifications experience severe uncertainties. In this paper, an adaptive control approach is proposed to control the motion and trajectory tracking of an autonomous vessel...journal article 2019
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Chen, L. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Compared to an individual Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV), greater efficiency and operational capability can be realized by a team of cooperative ASVs for certain operations, such as search and rescue, hydrographic survey and navigation assistance. This paper focuses on cooperative floating object transport, i.e., a group of ASVs coordinate...journal article 2019