Research Article

Path Planning For Unmanned Surface Vehicles Based On Modified Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm With Local Optimizer

Table 5

Statistical measurements of the paths.

MethodsPerformanceScenario 1Scenario 2

ProposedMinimum clearance (m)10.630 (О)10.440 (О)
Smoothness (rad)2.2382.294

liteMinimum clearance (m)0 (✕)1 (✕)
Smoothness (rad)54.9785.816

Hybrid Minimum clearance (m)4.243 (✕)0 (✕)
Smoothness (rad)10.1192.356

Minimum clearance (m)1.000 (✕)3.000 (✕)
Smoothness (rad)5.7276.064

Note. Safety distance is set as 10 m. О is shown if the safety requirement is satisfied.