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Frédéric Dumas

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Stochastic optimization of sailing trajectories in an upwind regatta

Robert Dalang, Stephan Morgenthaler, Frédéric Dumas, Sylvain Sardy

In a sailboat race, the navigator's attempts to plot the fastest possible course are hindered by shifty winds. We present mathematical models appropriate for this situation, which use statistical analysis of wind fluctuations and are amenable to stochastic ...

Palgrave Macmillan2015

Stochastic Optimization of Sailing Trajectories in an America's Cup Race

Frédéric Dumas

The main objective of the thesis is the study and the determination of an optimal navigation strategy, for a sailboat in an America's Cup race, by methods of stochastic optimization. Such methods are appropriate because the sailing team expects the wind to ...

EPFL2010