Design of a control algorithm to model a cargo and passenger ship speed

The speed of the boat is greatly affected by different parameters considered in the environment. A boat without speed control system can be hazardous for it can lead to undesirable events such as engine breakdown or an accident. To mitigate these undesired incidents, a control system is proposed to sustain the boat's speed by automatically controlling the output power of the engine depending on varying factors such as wind speed, water current, and the total weight of the boat and payload. First, the needed variables are to be gathered thru instrumentation and research of the boat's specifications. Second, to find the relation boat between the variables on how they affect the speed of the boat and formulating a working equation that can determine the output power needed to maintain the speed of the boat. Third, is to implement the proposed control system by using the formulated equation in Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) software and last, to evaluate the resulting control system.