arxivmath.OCcs.RO2026-07-22
Optimal Placement of Docking Stations and Resident AUVs for Subsea Pipeline Inspection
Gabrielė Kasparavičiūtė, Pasquale Grippa, Kjetil Skaugset, Asgeir J. Sørensen, Martin Ludvigsen
A two-stage mixed-integer linear programming framework is introduced for subsea pipeline incident response planning, jointly optimizing Subsea Docking Plate (SDP) placement and resident autonomous underwater vehicle allocation to minimize both maximum and average response times u…