• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
• /
• v.30 no.5
• /
• pp.415-425
• /
• 2024

The global maritime industry is developing rapidly owing to the emergence of autonomous ship technology, and interest in utilizing artificial intelligence derived from marine data is increasing. Among the diverse technological developments, ship-route clustering is emerging as an important technology for the commercialization of autonomous ships. Through route clustering, ship-route patterns are extracted from the sea to obtain the fastest and safest route and serve as a basis for the development of a collision-prevention system. High-quality, well-processed data are essential in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of route-clustering algorithms. In this study, among the various route-clustering methods, we focus on the ship-route-similarity-based clustering method, which can accurately reflect the actual shape and characteristics of a route. To maximize the efficiency of this method, we attempt to formulate an optimal combination of data-preprocessing technologies. Specifically, we combine four methods of measuring similarity between ship routes and three dimensionality-reducing methods. We perform k-means cluster analysis for each combination and then quantitatively evaluate the results using the silhouette index to obtain the best-performing preprocessing combination. This study extends beyond merely identifying the optimal preprocessing technique and emphasizes the importance of extracting meaningful information from a wide range of ocean data. Additionally, this study can be used as a reference for effectively responding to the digital transformation of the maritime and shipping industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
• /
• 2022.06a
• /
• pp.54-55
• /
• 2022

해양에 설치된 항로표지는 선박의 안전한 항해를 위해 위치 정보를 제공하고, 항로표지에 부착된 센서를 통해 다양한 해양 정보를 수집하고 있다. 하지만 항로표지는 육지와 멀리 떨어진 해상이라는 특수한 작업환경으로 인해 항로표지 유지보수를 위한 많은 시간과 비용이 발생하게 된다. 현재 항로표지에 부착된 센서를 통해 다양한 정보를 수집하고 있지만, 정상 데이터와 비정상 데이터를 구분할 수 있는 정보가 없어 고장진단에 어려움이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 항로표지 센서 고장진단을 위해 머신러닝 비지도학습 중 하나인 K-means 알고리즘을 활용하여 정상 데이터와 비정상 데이터로 군집화하였으며, 분류가 잘 되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 연구방향으로는 2개의 클러스터로 구분된 데이터가 실제로 정상 데이터인지, 비정상 데이터인지에 대한 비교·분석이 필요하다.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
• /
• v.37 no.4
• /
• pp.33-40
• /
• 2021

Currently, the shipping and port industries are implementing strategies to improve port processing capabilities through the expansion and efficient operation of port logistics resources to survive fierce competition with rapidly changing trends. The calculation of the port's processing capacity is determined by the loading and unloading equipment installed at the dock, and the port's processing capacity can be improved through various methods, such as additional deployment of logistics resources or efficient operation of resources in use. However, it is difficult to expect an improvement effect in a short period of time because the additional deployment of logistics resources is clearly limited in time is clear. Therefore, it is a feasible way to find an efficient operation method for resources being used to improve processing capacity. Domestic ports are also actively promoting informatization and digitalization with the development of the 4th industrial revolution technology. However, the calculation of the number of Y/T (Yard Tractor) assignments in the current unloading process depends on expert experience, and related previous studies also focus on the allocations of Y/T or Calculation of the total number of Y/T required. Therefore, this study analyzed the factors affecting the number of Y/T allocations using the loading and unloading information of incoming ships, and based on this, cluster analysis, regression analysis, and deep neural network(DNN) model were used.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
• /
• v.46 no.4
• /
• pp.303-312
• /
• 2022

Bridges across waterways act as interference factors, that reduce the navigable water area from the perspective of navigation safety. To analyze the safety navigational width of ships navigating bridges across waterways, the optimal traffic distribution based on AIS data was investigated, and ships were classified according to size through k-means clustering. As a result of the goodness-of-fit analysis of the clustered data, the lognormal distribution was found to be close to the optimal distribution for Incheon Bridge and Busan Harbor Bridge. Also, the normal distributions for Mokpo Bridge and Machang Bridge were analyzed. Based on the lognormal and normal distribution, the analysis results assumed that the safe passage range of the vessel was 95% of the confidence interval, As a result, regarding the Incheon Bridge, the difference between the normal distribution and the lognormal distribution was the largest, at 64m to 98m. The minimum difference was 10m, which was revealed for Machang Bridge. Accordingly, regarding Incheon Bridge, it was analyzed that it is more appropriate to present a safety width of traffic by assuming a lognormal distribution, rather than suggesting a safety navigation width by assuming a normal distribution. Regarding other bridges, it was analyzed that similar results could be obtained using any of the two distributions, because of the similarity in width between the normal and lognormal distributions. Based on the above results, it is judged that if a safe navigational range is presented, it will contribute to the safe operation of ships as well as the prevention of accidents.