Article

A novel method for extracting near-misses from AIS data involving collision avoidance behaviour

Ocean Engineering

Zhang, Liang ; Chen, Pengfei; Guedes Soares, C. — 2024 — Elsevier

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Authors:

Zhang, Liang; Chen, Pengfei; Rong, Hao; Mou, Junmin Mou; Guedes Soares, C. (Carlos Guedes Soares)

Published in

June 1, 2024

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method for the identification and analysis of near misses involving collision avoidance behaviour based on Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. While previous methods for near-miss extraction primarily focused on detecting potential collision risk, the novel method introduced in this paper not only considers potential collision risk but also evaluates the presence of avoidance behaviour. The novel method has three main stages: (1) Pre-processing of historical AIS data, which involves decoding, cleaning, and interpolating historical AIS data. (2) Identification of near misses by considering both potential collision risk and avoidance behaviour. (3) Analysis of near misses studying the intentions behind avoidance behaviour within near misses and the resulting outcomes, while extracting cases where the intentions align with the outcomes. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed novel method, four typical encounter situations are used to extract the near misses. Additionally, the method is applied to coastal waterways in China, extracting near misses from one week of AIS data. The results demonstrate the capability of the novel method presented in this paper to effectively extract near misses involving collision avoidance behaviour.

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VoR - Version of Record

Publisher

Elsevier

Link to the publisher's version

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801824008035?via%3Dihub

Title of the publication container

Ocean Engineering

First page or article number

117466

Volume

301

ISSN

0029-8018

DOI

10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117466

Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)

other-engineering-and-technologies - Other engineering and technologies

Keywords

  • Near miss
  • Avoidance behaviour
  • AIS data
  • Collision avoidance

Publication language (ISO code)

eng - English

Rights type:

Open access

Financing entity

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Identifier for the funding entity: UIDB-UIDP-00134-2020

Type of identifier of the funding entity: Crossref Funder