Design and simulation of a dynamic positioning system for a U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender
By: William R. Cairns
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 62
Description: This paper covers the design of a dynamic positioning system for the U.S. Coast Guard WLB IRIS class buoy tender. The control system design is based upon optimal control theory with estimates of position and heading provided by a steady state Kalman filter.Sea current estimates are provided by a Kalman filter predictor based upon the innovations process. The vessel and dynamic positioning system are simulated using the Dynamic Simulation Language (DSL)
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): H. A. Titus.

"September 1989."

Thesis (M.S. in E.E.) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1989.

Includes bibliographical references.

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