162 Pages 82 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

162 Pages 82 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Autonomous Transport presents contributions from the inaugural Autonomous Transport Conference held in Gdynia, Poland, in 2024 under Gdynia Maritime University (GMU). This comprehensive volume captures cutting-edge research and innovative insights from the scientific community on autonomous transport technologies across applications. This book delivers state-of-the-art research on autonomous... Read more

1. Process failure and effects analysis a sea voyage of MASS

Teresa Abramowicz-Gerigk, Joanna Soszyńska-Budny, Zbigniew Burciu, Adam Weintrit


2. MANET networks as a key system for autonomous navigation advancement

Maciej Gucma, Paulina Hatłas-Sowińska, Przemysław Jabłoński, Maciej Gogaliński


3. Possibilities of using an ontology system in autonomous states for communication purposes

Paulina Hatłas-Sowińska


4. Autonomous harbor tug formation control system

Wojciech Koznowski, Andrzej Łebkowski


5. The design process of collision avoidance algorithms for ships to be applied in the autonomous navigation system

Agnieszka Lazarowska


6. Supporting maritime autonomous systems with intelligent control methods

Józef Andrzej Lisowski


7. Managing the safe operation of ships in the context of the development of autonomous shipping

Alicja Mrozowska, Piotr Mrozowski


8. PSO method for optimizing loss function weights for ship model control

Monika Rybczak


9. Information flow in transport telematics systems

Mirosław Siergiejczyk


10. Optimising ship routes with capability plots and Dijkstra's algorithm: a case study on anchorage navigation

Jakub Wnorowski, Andrzej Łebkowski


11. Towards reliable PNT data for autonomous shipping

Natalia Ziółkowska, Joanna Szłapczyńska

Biography

Teresa Abramowicz-Gerigk is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ship Operation at the Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University. She gives lectures on applied mechanics and ship handling. Her field of interest is mathematical modeling of the safety of maritime transport and ship hydrodynamics. She has participated in several international scientific projects. She has published one book and over 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings.


Joanna Soszyńska-Budny is a Professor at Department of Transport at the Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University. She gives lectures on mathematics, statistics, and reliability. Her field of interest is mathematical modeling of the safety and reliability of complex systems under variable operating conditions. She has participated in several international scientific projects. She has published three books and over 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Zbigniew Burciu, Master Mariner, specializes in maritime safety, transport safety, and maritime search and rescue. He is the author/co-author of over 180 publications and three monographs; manager of 12 research projects; promoter of four doctoral theses; and reviewer of four doctoral theses, four habilitation thesis, and four professorial theses. He has reviewed the award of honorary doctorates at the Maritime University of Gdynia.

Adam Weintrit, PhD, DSc, FRIN, FNI, Master Mariner is the President of Gdynia Maritime University. His research interests encompass areas such as maritime navigation, maritime transport, geodesy, cartography, and maritime safety. He is the author of more than 350 scientific publications, including 18 books, and the editor of 19 monographs. The majority of his work is published in English. He held the position of Chair of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) from 2023 to 2025 and currently serves as an expert to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Since 2016, he has been a member of the Transport Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and was Chair of the Waterborne Section from 2016 to 2024. In 2024, he was re-elected to the Transport Committee and made a member of the Geodesy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the organizer of the 'TransNav' International Conference on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation.