Research Article

Improved Barebones Particle Swarm Optimization with Neighborhood Search and Its Application on Ship Design

Table 5

Model definition of the ship design problem.

ParameterDefinitionParameterDefinition

Steel weight ( ) Port cost ( )6.3 
Outfit weight ( ) Fuel carried ( ) ( )
Displacement ( )1.025 Misc. deadweight (DW )2.0 
Machinery weight ( )0.17  Cargo deadweight (DW )DWT−
Capital cost ( )0.2  Port days ( )2 (  + 0.5)
Running cost ( )40000  Round trips per year (RTPA)350/( )
Daily cost ( ) Voyage cost ( )( ) RTPA
Handling rate ( )8000 ( /day)Round trip miles (RTM)5000 (nm)
Fuel price ( )100 (£/ )Sea days ( )RTM/24 
Power ( ) Fuel cost ( )
Froude number ( ) 9.8065
Annual cost ( )( )  RTPAKB 0.53 
BMT (0.085  − 0.002) /( )
Ship cost ( )1.3 (2000  + 3500  + 2400  )