Multiple-Ship Collision Avoidance Analysis in the Open Seas, Phase III. Volume I: Executive Summary

摘要

A real-time interactive minicomputer research facility to aid the mariner in collision avoidance investigations was installed at CAORF, Kings Point, N.Y., with over 50 encounter scenarios of up to six ships. The results of various sensitivity studies are documented in the report. Some of the multiship study observations are: (1) the maneuvering options, and hence the difficulty, increases exponentially with the number of ships involved; (2) the effect of sensor errors can be compensated by procedural changes; (3) the desirability and nature of intership communication is apparent; and (4) some rules take procedence over other rules; in other words, the rules can be prioritized.