<s>
WAMIT	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
computing	O
wave	O
loads	O
and	O
motions	O
of	O
offshore	O
structures	O
in	O
waves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
velocity	O
potential	O
is	O
solved	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
boundary	B-Algorithm
integral	I-Algorithm
equation	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
panel	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WAMIT	B-Application
has	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
representing	O
the	O
geometry	O
of	O
the	O
structure	O
by	O
a	O
higher-order	O
method	O
,	O
whereby	O
the	O
potential	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
continuous	O
B-splines	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
WAMIT	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
researchers	O
at	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
acronym	O
WaveAnalysisMIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
WAMIT	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Chang-Ho	O
Lee	O
and	O
J	O
.	O
Nicholas	O
Newman	O
.	O
</s>
