ABSTRACT
These days, autonomous ships or remote ships are being developed all over the world. However, development of autonomous ship is at the beginning and in which sea area ship can be automated, and what level of autonomy is needed, should be discussed. Based on systems approach, this study proposes the method to discuss the feasible and implementable specification of autonomous ships. In case study, this study shows the superior designs of autonomous ship from the viewpoint of cost and safety, using developed marine traffic simulator which inputs are autonomy levels of avoidance and lookout. As a result of using proposed method, some Pareto designs of autonomous ship were derived, and proposed method was confirmed to work.
