An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics

This paper analyses the operator's risk-based decision (RBD) company for slow steaming, and creates a sailing speed optimization model for slow steaming (SSOM-SS), aiming to balance the expected utility-based objectives (EUO) of fuel consumption, SOx emissions and delivery delay. Considering th...

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Main Authors: Yuzhe Zhao, Jingmiao Zhou, Yujun Fan, Haibo Kuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8943336/
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author Yuzhe Zhao
Jingmiao Zhou
Yujun Fan
Haibo Kuang
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Haibo Kuang
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description This paper analyses the operator's risk-based decision (RBD) company for slow steaming, and creates a sailing speed optimization model for slow steaming (SSOM-SS), aiming to balance the expected utility-based objectives (EUO) of fuel consumption, SOx emissions and delivery delay. Considering the limitations of existing theoretical fuel consumption functions under uncertainties in voyages, the authors applies big data analytics (BDA) techniques like data fusion and feature selection to provide the SSOM-SS with accurate and suitable data on fuel consumption. In addition, a solver is built based on the genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the SSOM-SS. The effectiveness of the SSOM-SS is verified through a case study on the RBD for slow steaming of an Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) containership sailing across the sulphur emission control areas (SECAs) in Chinese coastal regions. The results show that the SSOM-SS can facilitate the RBD for slow steaming, and provide a novel tool for sailing speed optimization.
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spelling doaj.art-bbb2d963b04f4469a205ea13ecdefafb2022-12-21T22:01:08ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-0183646365510.1109/ACCESS.2019.29622108943336An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data AnalyticsYuzhe Zhao0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-923XJingmiao Zhou1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2190-1783Yujun Fan2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-6383Haibo Kuang3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9357-0576Collaborative Innovation Center for Transport Studies, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, ChinaCollaborative Innovation Center for Transport Studies, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, ChinaCollaborative Innovation Center for Transport Studies, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, ChinaCollaborative Innovation Center for Transport Studies, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, ChinaThis paper analyses the operator's risk-based decision (RBD) company for slow steaming, and creates a sailing speed optimization model for slow steaming (SSOM-SS), aiming to balance the expected utility-based objectives (EUO) of fuel consumption, SOx emissions and delivery delay. Considering the limitations of existing theoretical fuel consumption functions under uncertainties in voyages, the authors applies big data analytics (BDA) techniques like data fusion and feature selection to provide the SSOM-SS with accurate and suitable data on fuel consumption. In addition, a solver is built based on the genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the SSOM-SS. The effectiveness of the SSOM-SS is verified through a case study on the RBD for slow steaming of an Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) containership sailing across the sulphur emission control areas (SECAs) in Chinese coastal regions. The results show that the SSOM-SS can facilitate the RBD for slow steaming, and provide a novel tool for sailing speed optimization.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8943336/Big data analytics (BDA)slow steamingsailing speed optimizationfuel consumptiongenetic algorithm (GA)risk aversion
spellingShingle Yuzhe Zhao
Jingmiao Zhou
Yujun Fan
Haibo Kuang
An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics
IEEE Access
Big data analytics (BDA)
slow steaming
sailing speed optimization
fuel consumption
genetic algorithm (GA)
risk aversion
title An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics
title_full An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics
title_fullStr An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics
title_full_unstemmed An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics
title_short An Expected Utility-Based Optimization of Slow Steaming in Sulphur Emission Control Areas by Applying Big Data Analytics
title_sort expected utility based optimization of slow steaming in sulphur emission control areas by applying big data analytics
topic Big data analytics (BDA)
slow steaming
sailing speed optimization
fuel consumption
genetic algorithm (GA)
risk aversion
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8943336/
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