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Ocean carriers already optimize and it’s odd to have the article suggest they don’t. The company Sofar Ocean (https://www.sofarocean.com/products/wayfinder http
by joeconway 2y ago
Ocean carriers already optimize and it’s odd to have the article suggest they don’t. The company Sofar Ocean (https://www.sofarocean.com/products/wayfinder https://www.sofarocean.com/products/wayfinder) does it in a particularly interesting way and actually has people using it, rather than a theoretical analysis of a small number of voyages
- algo_trader 2y ago> Ocean carriers already optimize Of course. But slow sailing is a co-ordination problem. You need an enforcer and a penalty system. > Sofar Ocean .. does it in a particularly interesting way What is the "particularly interesting" way? It seems like a "basic" optimizer over known data
- joeconway 2y agoThey make and deploy their own weather monitoring buoys for weather prediction