transportation, port state control, ship selection scheme, Simpson's paradox, data analytics

Based on the type-2 Takagi-Sugeno (IT2 T-S) fuzzy theory, a non-autonomous fuzzy complex-valued dynamical system with discontinuous interconnection function is formulated. Under the framework of Filippov, the finite-time stabilization (FTS) problem is investigated by using an indefinite-derivative Lyapunov function method, where the derivative of the constructed Lyapunov function is allowed to be positive. By designing a fuzzy switching state feedback controller involving time-varying control gain parameters, several sufficient criteria are established to determine the considered system's stability in finite time. Correspondingly, due to the time-varying system parameters and the designed time-dependent control gain coefficients, a more flexible settling time (ST) is estimated. Finally, an example is presented to confirm the proposed methodology.