Proceedings of the Ship Control Systems Symposium (7th) Held in Bath, England on 24-27 September 1981. Volume 4

Partial contents: Software for simulation and optimisation applied to ship control systems; Management of software with a long life span; Software guidelines for development of digital control systems; Statistical analysis of autopilot performance; Estimating the wave spectrum and the roll angle and its derivates with an extended Kalman filter; Comparison of steering control algorithms for optimized autopilots; Data dependent statistical analysis for ship optimal control; The machinery control room for onboard training; flexible controls for a flexible ship; Surface effect ship ride control system; Integrated damage control system.
See also Volume 5, ADA211137.