AN EXPERT-SYSTEM FOR MONITORING DYNAMIC STABILITY OF SMALL CRAFT

This paper describes an intelligent monitoring and advisory system for vessel safety. This system uses environmental information obtained fr om a number of sensors and proposes corrective action based on a rule- based derived from human expertise, experiments, and theoretical resea rch. The architecture of the monitoring and advisory system is describ ed. Capsizing modes of a ship at sea are explained, and the Fuzzy Expe rt system used in the decision-making process is detailed. Simulations of various sea conditions leading to capsize are presented, and the v essel response to the corrective action suggested by the advisory syst em is illustrated.