Agent system in control of ship movement

The problem of determining the optimal passing route of the ship between its current position and a remote destination point including the navigation situation occurring during moving along the route has been a subject of many papers and so far has not been definitely solved. In order to determine an optimal and safe route of the ship and its control along it, the author suggests application of an agent system. In the presented agent system three goals are accomplished. The first relies on data acquisition about current navigation situation around the ship and on analysis of possible collision risk. Second target – so far not present in anti-collision systems – relies on automatic negotiations between ships that operate in the same water region or between the coast stations in order to determine the potential area thru which a passing route could have been set. The third one connected to determining the passing route and its autocorrecting depending on current navigation situation.