Abstract
Dynamic positioning #DP# systems for ships are usuallydesigned under the assumption that the kinematicequations can be linearized about a constantyaw anglesuch that linear theory can be applied. This paperproposes a globally uniformly asymptotically stable#GUAS# nonlinear control law where this assumptionis removed. A nonlinear observer is included in the designsuch that only position measurements are required.GUAS is proven by applying the backstepping designmethodology and Lyapunov...

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