Decreasing of the Motion Sickness Incidence by a Multivariable Classic Control for a High Speed Ferry

Abstract The decreasing of the motion sickness in a high speed ferry produces a greater passenger's comfort and safety of the vehicle. The paper presents a comparative study of the decreasing of the motion sickness incidence in a high speed ferry using different multivariable classic controllers (PD, first order filter and second order filter). The tuning of the controllers is made solving a non-linear optimization problem. The tuning method uses first a genetic algorithm and then a classic non-linear optimization algorithm.