Estimating arrival times of inland ships

This research focused on improving a current traveltime estimation system called the Trajectplanner. This system simulates the movements of inland ships on a network model of the Dutch inland waterways in order to calculate and to estimate the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) for every ship that sails the inland waterways (excluding pleasure crafts). There are errors in the estimation of this ETA and this research focused on the cause of these errors and find ways to improve the system. These improvements were than tested via a self-made simulation tool.