CONVERSATIONS PROCESSES IN THE SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION AT SEA

The progressing automation of maritime transport, including the introduction of autonomous and/or unmanned ships, calls for the development of communication principles, particularly conversations currently carried out verbally. The work in this field is intended to improve the safety of maritime transport. This article describes research on automatic communication in the form that will support navigators responsible for ship conduct. The processes of inference and conversation management are described. The developed methods are based on standard marine communication phrases. The presented example conversation between navigators is supported by an automatic communication system. The work herein described aims at the creation of procedures for communication at sea between autonomous ships.