Research Article

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

Table 6

Parameter identification of pitch and heave motions for level 5 sea condition, ship speed 18 kn and course angle 135°.

ParametersTheoretical valuesPSO-wOPSO
Identification valueRelative errorIdentification valueRelative error

−4.34% 1.34%
3.15% 4.31%
−6.93% 2.05%
8.10% 0.35%
−1.70% 1.34%
−0.90% 0.64%
0.82% 3.85%
20.13% 0.64%