Preventing environmental disasters from grounding accidents: A case study of tugboat positioning along the Norwegian coast

An important task of operators in Norwegian vessel traffic services (VTS) centres is to cleverly position tugboats before potential vessel distress calls. Here, we formulate a non-linear binary-integer program, integrated in a receding horizon control algorithm that minimises the expected cost of gr...

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Main Authors: Assimizele, B. (Author), Bye, R.T (Author), Oppen, J. (Author), Royset, J.O (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2018
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520 3 |a An important task of operators in Norwegian vessel traffic services (VTS) centres is to cleverly position tugboats before potential vessel distress calls. Here, we formulate a non-linear binary-integer program, integrated in a receding horizon control algorithm that minimises the expected cost of grounding accidents by positioning tugboats optimally under uncertainty about vessel incidents and environmental conditions. Linearisations of the model lead to easy-to-compute bounds on the optimal value. Numerical experiments with real-world data demonstrate significant reduction in the expected cost, suggesting that the model can be used as a decision-support tool at VTS centres. © 2018, © Operational Research Society 2018. 
650 0 4 |a Decision support systems 
650 0 4 |a Decision support tools 
650 0 4 |a Disaster prevention 
650 0 4 |a Environmental conditions 
650 0 4 |a Environmental disasters 
650 0 4 |a Integer programming 
650 0 4 |a Maritime industry 
650 0 4 |a mixed integer programming 
650 0 4 |a Mixed integer programming 
650 0 4 |a oil spill 
650 0 4 |a Oil spills 
650 0 4 |a OR in maritime industry 
650 0 4 |a Receding horizon control 
650 0 4 |a search and rescue 
650 0 4 |a Search and rescue 
650 0 4 |a Tugboats 
650 0 4 |a Vessel traffic service 
650 0 4 |a Waterway transportation 
700 1 |a Assimizele, B.  |e author 
700 1 |a Bye, R.T.  |e author 
700 1 |a Oppen, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Royset, J.O.  |e author 
773 |t Journal of the Operational Research Society