Aleinikov V. Raising of efficiency of waterborne transport operation by using a detailed array of depths in electronic mapping systems for rivers

The dissertation is devoted to the automation of the river electronic cartographic system for displaying the actual depths on the system electronic chart by developing new methods that allow to automate the choice of a safe path with observance of the safety requirements of the manoeuvring vessel. The most important problem of modern efficient operation of waterborne transport is the safety of navigation. According to obtained data on the dynamics of waterborne transport accident rate in recent years, it can be argued that the accident rate remains at the same level, and the largest percentage falls on accidents in limited manoeuvring space (rivers, port areas, coastal navigation). As the main distinctive features of inland water ways (IWW) as compared with sea waterways it should be necessary to highlight the instability of the depths of river channels and water flow characteristics. This, of course, requires the implementation of computational intelligence for automation of applying actual depths on electronic maps, in order to improve the efficiency of waterborne craft (WBC) operation. According to literature data, it shall be noted that the publications associated with the problems of automated updating of displayed array of depths in the SENC when using Inland ECDIS are very limited, and some aspects are explored not completely,superficially and casually. According to literature data analysis, it was found that the central direction of the solution of this problem was the improvement and development of efficient methods of operation of waterborne transport with the help of additional methods of implementation of computational intelligence when using a detailed array of depths in Inland ECDIS, as well as the choice of a safe way in compliance with the requirements of safety of manoeuvring vessel's movement, and environmental protection.