%0 Journal Article %@ 01411187 %A Yazid, E. %A Liew, M.S. %A Parman, S. %A Kurian, V.J. %D 2016 %F scholars:8012 %I Elsevier Ltd %J Applied Ocean Research %K Frequency response; Optimization; Semisubmersibles, Artificial bee colonies; Frequency domains; Frequency response functions; Identification process; Input-output data; Low-frequency response; Surge motions; Time-varying models, Transfer functions, experimental study; numerical model; offshore application; random wave; semisubmersible platform; structural response; transfer function; wave-structure interaction, Apoidea %P 53-66 %R 10.1016/j.apor.2015.11.001 %T Identification of transfer functions from surge motion response of a semisubmersible platform using time-varying NARX model %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/8012/ %V 54 %X Identification of transfer functions from surge motion response of a semisubmersible platform from model test data is presented in this paper. The identification is carried out by estimating the time-varying model coefficients of a time-varying NARX (TVNARX) model. The coefficients are estimated using proposed method, named artificial bee colony-based Kalman smoother (ABC-KS). System input-output data for identification process are wave height and surge motion from a scaled 1:100 model of a prototype semisubmersible. The applicability of proposed method is assessed numerically and experimentally under unidirectional long-crested random waves. The results show that the linear and quadratic frequency response functions as well as the wave and low frequency responses of a semisubmersible platform can be well identified either in time or frequency domains. The evolution of the nonlinear wave-structure interactions also can be revealed with respect to measured time duration. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. %Z cited By 3