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Backstepping Control of Heavy Lift Operations with Crane Vessels

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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Cooperative multi-vessel systems in urban waterway networks

Chen, L. (author), Huang, Y. (author), Zheng, Huarong (author), Hopman, J.J. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)

Urban waterways have great potential in cargo transport to relieve the congestion in the overloaded road networks. This paper explores the potential of applying cooperative multi-vessel systems (CMVSs) to improve the safety and efficiency of transport in urban waterway networks. A framework consisting of vessel train formation (VTF) and...

journal article 2020

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Survey on cooperative control for waterborne transport

Chen, L. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Huang, Y. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author)

This article provides a comprehensive overview on cooperative control methods for waterborne transport. We first proposed a hierarchical architecture of cooperation in the waterborne transport systems. Three layers of cooperation are identified according to the range of communication and cooperation, i.e., the individual layer, the local...

journal article 2020

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Distributed Model Predictive Control for cooperative floating object transport with multi-vessel systems

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

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Design and control of hybrid power and propulsion systems for smart ships: A review of developments

Geertsma, R.D. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Visser, K. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author)

The recent trend to design more efficient and versatile ships has increased the variety in hybrid propulsion and power supply architectures. In order to improve performance with these architectures, intelligent control strategies are required, while mostly conventional control strategies are applied currently. First, this paper classifies...

review 2017

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Pitch control for ships with diesel mechanical and hybrid propulsion: Modelling, validation and performance quantification

Geertsma, R.D. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Visser, K. (author), Loonstijn, M.A. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author)

Ships, in particular service vessels, need to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and cavitation noise while maintaining manoeuvrability and preventing engine overloading. Diesel mechanical propulsion with controllable pitch propellers can provide high fuel efficiency with good manoeuvrability. However, the conventional control strategy with...

journal article 2017

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Equilibrium models in multimodal container transport systems

Corman, F. (author), Viti, F. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)

Optimizing the performance of multimodal freight transport networks involves adequately balancing the interplay between costs, volumes, times of departure and arrival, and times of travel. In order to study this interplay, we propose an assignment model that is able to efficiently determine flows and costs in a multimodal network. The model is...

journal article 2015

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Model Predictive Control for Incorporating Transport of Water and Transport over Water in the Dry Season

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

book chapter 2015

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Transport of Water versus Transport over Water

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

book 2015

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Impact and relevance of transit disturbances on planning in intermodal container networks using disturbance cost analysis

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

journal article 2015

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Perspectives on Transport of Water versus Transport over Water

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

book chapter 2015

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Model Predictive Control for Combined Water Supply and Navigability/Sustainability in River Systems

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

book chapter 2015

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Real-time Container Network Planning Based on Post-Optimization Analysis Using Decision Trees

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

conference paper 2015

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Event-drivenrecedinghorizoncontrolforenergy-efficient container handling

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

journal article 2015

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Operational flood control of a low-lying delta system using large time step Model Predictive Control

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

journal article 2015

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Evaluation of inter terminal transport configurations at Rotterdam Maasvlakte using discrete event simulation

Schroër, H.J.L. (author), Corman, F. (author), Duinkerken, M.B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Lodewijks, G. (author)

In this paper, various Inter Terminal Transport (ITT) systems for the Port of Rotterdam are evaluated. The Port Authority is investigating possible solutions for the transport of containers between terminals at the existing so-called Maasvlakte 1 and new Maasvlakte 2 areas within the port. A discrete event simulation model is presented that...

conference paper 2014

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Model Prediction Control For Water Management Using Adaptive Prediction Accuracy

Tian, X. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Van Overloop, P.J.A.T.M. (author), Mostert, E. (author)

In the field of operational water management, Model Predictive Control (MPC) has gained popularity owing to its versatility and flexibility. The MPC controller, which takes predictions, time delay and uncertainties into account, can be designed for multi-objective management problems and for large-scale systems. Nonetheless, a critical obstacle,...

conference paper 2014

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On 35 Approaches for Distributed MPC Made Easy

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

journal article 2014

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Distributed Model Predictive Control Made Easy

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

book 2014

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Distributed Model Predictive Control; An overview and roadmap of future research opportunities

Negenborn, R.R. (author)

journal article 2014