Intelligent Human-Centered Decision Support for Efficient Routing in Shipping

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Efficient Routing

An App to help you save CO2 and money

The app utilizes an intelligent routing algorithm to optimize your voyages for energy efficiency based on your preferences. By suggesting multiple alternative routes based on the latest weather forecasts, it empowers you to choose the best path forward. With detailed digital twins of your ships, the app enables precise and transparent simulations, ensuring that each route is tailored to your vessel's specific characteristics.

Human Centered

Designed with the user in mind

Our app is built on the principle that control always remains with you, the user. It provides customizable suggestions, allowing you to adjust and fine-tune routes to meet your specific needs. Compare alternatives in different views to gain a comprehensive understanding of your options. The algorithm is transparent and traceable through clear explanations and visualizations, ensuring you can trust and understand the decision-making process. We also prioritize transparent data quality, so you have full confidence in the information guiding your choices.

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Explore all features of the App

Discover all the features of our app by exploring a realistic scenario of a transatlantic voyage. Learn how it handles interim route replanning during severe weather conditions, giving you a practical understanding of its capabilities.

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Publications

Interested in our scientific work?

Our research in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Human Factors within the MariData.HEI Project focused on understanding key determinants such as acceptance, trust, motivation, and perceived usefulness—crucial factors for designing systems that meet the specific needs of maritime professionals. Our studies have provided valuable insights into user behavior and system interaction within this demanding setting. Additionally, several student theses have been completed within this project, contributing valuable perspectives and findings to our ongoing research.

Publications

Team

MariData.HEI was build by a strong team

The success of our project was made possible by the strong collaboration within our interdisciplinary team of psychologists, designers, and media informatics experts, as well as the invaluable contributions of many student assistants and graduates.

Projectlead

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke Dipl.-Psych.

Project Director

thomas.franke@uni-luebeck.de

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Christian Jetter M.Sc.

Project Director

hanschristian.jetter@uni-luebeck.de

Research Associate

Jan Heidinger M.Sc.

Software Lead

ja.heidinger@uni-luebeck.de

Benjamin Schwarz M.A.

Design Lead & Project Management

benjamin.schwarz@uni-luebeck.de

Mourad Zoubir M.Sc.

Research Lead

m.zoubir@uni-luebeck.de

Marthe Gruner M.Sc.

Research

marthe.gruner@uni-luebeck.de

Students Assistants

Partners

And with strong partners

MariData.HEI as a subproject of MariData was made possible only through collaborations with our partners specializing in hydrodynamics, route algorithm development, optimization, and domain expertise.