Operator Guidance Informed by AI-Augmented Simulations

Operational guidance is provided in the form of selection of speeds and headings, and is generally based on accessing ship motions response predictions from a pre-computed database or lookup table for a given condition. Operational guidance is an important consideration in the survival of a ship and has been the focus of many International Maritime Organization (IMO) publications, IMO (1995), IMO (2007), IMO (2020). Recommendations for ship-specific operational guidance has been developed and discussed in the interim guidelines of the Second Generation Intact Stability by IMO, IMO (2020). While these guidelines are certainly useful in design and at sea, they are not comprehensive. The ocean environment is random and complex.