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Neural networking

EPIC by design pattern recognition or data classi? ca-

Arti? cial neural networks are being used to help design tion. To oversimplify it, if you fed one ? oating production system hulls in the concept and front- (which has been purpose designed) a pile of ? oating production, storage and end engineering phases. Elaine Maslin reports.

of? oading (FPSO) vessel design data, it would learn from the data and be able to do the analysis that you need for initial sizing of new FPSOs.

This is Norway-based Inocean’s aim.

Inocean, founded in 1996 (but, now part of TechnipFMC), is a naval architecture ? rm focused on ? oat- ing production vessel design, with 30

FPSO newbuild and conversion projects under its belt. It also has bright young

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