TY - GEN
T1 - Toward resilient vessel traffic service: A sociotechnical perspective
AU - Xu, Gangyan
AU - Li, Fan
AU - Chen, Chun Hsien
AU - Lee, Ching Hung
AU - Lee, Yu Chi
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by Singapore Maritime Institute research project (SMI-2014-MA-06).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The authors and IOS Press.
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is a typical complex sociotechnical system that provides various supporting services for vessels. With the booming of maritime transportation, VTS becomes more and more important in promoting traffic fluency, efficiency, and safety in designated geographical areas. However, the performance of VTS is frequently threatened by external and internal incidents, which leaves the maritime traffic in a dangerous situation. Therefore, VTS must be resilient to cope with these disturbances and maintain an acceptable service level. Focusing on this problem, this paper first analyses the architecture of VTS from the perspective of sociotechnical systems. Thereafter, the definition of resilient VTS is introduced. Through interaction network analysis, the key contributing factors for resilient VTS are identified. Finally, based on the results, several guidelines for realizing resilient VTS are proposed.
AB - Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is a typical complex sociotechnical system that provides various supporting services for vessels. With the booming of maritime transportation, VTS becomes more and more important in promoting traffic fluency, efficiency, and safety in designated geographical areas. However, the performance of VTS is frequently threatened by external and internal incidents, which leaves the maritime traffic in a dangerous situation. Therefore, VTS must be resilient to cope with these disturbances and maintain an acceptable service level. Focusing on this problem, this paper first analyses the architecture of VTS from the perspective of sociotechnical systems. Thereafter, the definition of resilient VTS is introduced. Through interaction network analysis, the key contributing factors for resilient VTS are identified. Finally, based on the results, several guidelines for realizing resilient VTS are proposed.
KW - Human-Machine Systems
KW - Resilience Engineering
KW - Sociotechnical Systems
KW - Systems Engineering
KW - Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-779-5-829
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-779-5-829
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:85032876503
T3 - Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering
SP - 829
EP - 836
BT - Transdisciplinary Engineering: A Paradigm Shift
A2 - Peruzzini, Margherita
A2 - Wognum, Nel
A2 - Stjepandic, Josip
A2 - Chen, Chun-Hsien
A2 - Wognum, Nel
A2 - Trappey, Amy C.
PB - IOS Press BV
T2 - 24th ISPE Inc. International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, TE 2017
Y2 - 10 July 2017 through 14 July 2017
ER -