Uncertainty optimisation design of USV based on the Six Sigma method
Uncertainty optimisation design of USV based on the Six Sigma method
In order to improve the sailing performance of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), maximise the value of their sailing performance function, and minimise disturbances caused by uncertainty factors, this study introduces a 6σ theory of quantitative descriptions of uncertainty levels into the USV sailing performance optimisation model. It uses the Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm to optimise the certainty of the design variables and plot the optimal curve and the Monte Carlo simulation to analyse the sensitivity of the total objective function. The Mean on target and the Minimise variation function are used for the 6σ optimisation. The uncertainty factors are the floating range of the design variables. Results indicate that the design variables affect the value of the total objective function. A comparative analysis of the certainty optimisation results and the results obtained by the 6σ uncertainty optimisation shows that although the value of the latter’s total objective function decreases, its reliability is greatly improved. The 6σ optimisation method, therefore, can be applied to improve the sailing performance design of USVs and obtain reasonable and highly reliable results, which can ensure that the constraint condition has a high degree of immunity to the uncertainty of actual situations.
6σ optimization, Monte Carlo, USV, sailing performance, uncertainity
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Hou, Yuanhang
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Kang, Kai
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Xiong, Yeping
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Sue, Linfang
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15 March 2020
Hou, Yuanhang
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Kang, Kai
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Xiong, Yeping
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Sue, Linfang
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Hou, Yuanhang, Kang, Kai, Xiong, Yeping and Sue, Linfang
(2020)
Uncertainty optimisation design of USV based on the Six Sigma method.
Ocean Engineering, 200, , [107045].
(doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107045).
Abstract
In order to improve the sailing performance of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), maximise the value of their sailing performance function, and minimise disturbances caused by uncertainty factors, this study introduces a 6σ theory of quantitative descriptions of uncertainty levels into the USV sailing performance optimisation model. It uses the Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm to optimise the certainty of the design variables and plot the optimal curve and the Monte Carlo simulation to analyse the sensitivity of the total objective function. The Mean on target and the Minimise variation function are used for the 6σ optimisation. The uncertainty factors are the floating range of the design variables. Results indicate that the design variables affect the value of the total objective function. A comparative analysis of the certainty optimisation results and the results obtained by the 6σ uncertainty optimisation shows that although the value of the latter’s total objective function decreases, its reliability is greatly improved. The 6σ optimisation method, therefore, can be applied to improve the sailing performance design of USVs and obtain reasonable and highly reliable results, which can ensure that the constraint condition has a high degree of immunity to the uncertainty of actual situations.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 January 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 February 2020
Published date: 15 March 2020
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71831002 , 51609030 , 51879023 ); Program for Innovative Research Team in University of Ministry of Education of China ( IRT_17R13 ) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 3132019501 , 3132019502 ).
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Keywords:
6σ optimization, Monte Carlo, USV, sailing performance, uncertainity
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