Research Article

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

Table 5

Parameter identification for pitch and heave motions for level 5 sea condition, ship speed 18 kn and course angle 90°.

ParametersTheoretical valuesPSO-wOPSO
Identification valueRelative errorIdentification valueRelative error

25.64% 2.82%
4.89% 6.01%
−84.86% 9.39%
43.71% 1.65%
11.19% 2.25%
43.43% 7.07%
25.14% 1.11%
17.50% −15.24%