Maritime corridor siting using Voronoi diagram-based approach with fuzzy distance

Mariem Masmoudi; Salem Chakhar; Habib Chabchoub

doi:10.1109/FUZZ62266.2025.11152070

Maritime corridor siting using Voronoi diagram-based approach with fuzzy distance

Mariem Masmoudi^*, Salem Chakhar, Habib Chabchoub

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School of Organisations, Systems and People

College of Business, Al Ain University of Science & Technology

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Abstract

The design and implementation of maritime highway links is an important factor for the economic development of remote areas. This is particularly relevant to the archipelago of Kerkennah in Tunisia, which lacks a fixed link to Sfax City on the mainland. We propose a three-phase approach: first, a bathymetric map is used to generate a Voronoi diagram of the study area; second, this diagram is transformed into a fuzzy connectivity graph; and third, a fuzzy extension of Dijkstra's algorithm is applied to identify optimal corridors. The approach has been implemented and used to locate maritime corridors linking Sfax City to the Kerkennah archipelago.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331543198
ISBN (Print)	9798331543204
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FUZZ62266.2025.11152070
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2025
Event	The Annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems - Reims, France Duration: 6 Jul 2025 → 9 Jul 2025 https://fuzzieee2025.conf.lip6.fr/

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Name	IEEE FUZZ Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	1544-5615
ISSN (Electronic)	1558-4739

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Conference	The Annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
Abbreviated title	FUZZ-IEEE 2025
Country/Territory	France
City	Reims
Period	6/07/25 → 9/07/25
Internet address	https://fuzzieee2025.conf.lip6.fr/

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fuzzy Dijkstra algorithm
fuzzy number
GIS
maritime corridors
Voronoi diagra

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Masmoudi, M, Chakhar, S & Chabchoub, H 2025, Maritime corridor siting using Voronoi diagram-based approach with fuzzy distance. in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ). IEEE FUZZ Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-6, The Annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Reims, France, 6/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/FUZZ62266.2025.11152070

Maritime corridor siting using Voronoi diagram-based approach with fuzzy distance. / Masmoudi, Mariem; Chakhar, Salem; Chabchoub, Habib.
2025 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025. p. 1-6 (IEEE FUZZ Proceedings).

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