Agent-based approach to illegal maritime behavior modeling

• Autorzy: Hrstka O. , Vaňek O. , Kopřiva Š. , Zelinka J. , Faigl J. , Pěchouček M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Maritime shipping is a set of complex activities with a large number of actors involved. We focus on a subset of illegal maritime activities, such as armed robberies, maritime piracy or contraband smuggling. To fight against them and minimize their negative impact naval authorities typically introduce a number of countermeasures, such as deployed patrols or surveillance agents. Due to very high costs of countermeasures it is often beneficial to evaluate their impact using a simulation, allowing what-if analysis and evaluation of a range of scenarios before actually deploying the countermeasures. We introduce BANDIT, an agent-based computational platform, which is designed to evaluate scenarios with an accent on the modeling of different types of illegal behavior and on the interaction between agents. The platform consists of an agent behavior modeling system and a multi-agent maritime simulator. The platform allows the definition of a number of scenarios through a simple configuration and it offers the means to run these scenarios in a single or a batch mode and evaluate the results as single or aggregate data sets respectively. We demonstrate the usefulness of the platform on the scenarios of the drug smuggling problem in the seas surrounding Central America. Senario outcomes (e.g., heatmaps of activities, set of trajectories etc.) are subsequently used to help with the design of effective countermeasures, i.e., allocating naval patrols and planning their patrol routes.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

simulation; multi-agent systems; behavior modeling; drug interdiction; illegal behavior; maritime

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: nr 42 (114)
• Strony: 101--111
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Hrstka O.

• Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science Technicka 2, Praha 6, Czech Republic,

autor

Vaňek O.

• Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science Technicka 2, Praha 6, Czech Republic,

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Kopřiva Š.

• Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science Technicka 2, Praha 6, Czech Republic,

autor

Zelinka J.

• Baktun s.r.o, Pražská 596, Městec Králové, Czech Republic

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Faigl J.

• Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science Technicka 2, Praha 6, Czech Republic,

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Pěchouček M.

• Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science Technicka 2, Praha 6, Czech Republic,

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