A Computer Simulation of Marine Traffic Using Domains and Arenas

This paper outlines the concept of a domain and an evasion area, called an arena, around a ship which are then applied to produce a computer model of ship behaviour. The arena determines when a ship takes avoiding action, as does the land arena which reacts with a discrete series of coastal points to prevent the ship running aground. The increase in the number and size of ships has resulted in the introduction of traffic routing schemes and the...