Research Article

On the Identification of Coupled Pitch and Heave Motions Using Opposition-Based Particle Swarm Optimization

Table 4

Parameter identification of pitch and heave motions for level 4 sea condition, ship speed 18 kn and course angle 180°.

ParametersTheoretical valuesPSO-wOPSO
Identification valueRelative errorIdentification valueRelative error

4.69% 0.77%
−5.16% 0.46%
10.03% 3.56%
1.30% 0.87%
2.14% 0.74%
−3.79% 1.87%
0.25% 0.65%
−32.57% 10.32%