Abstract
The paper aims at developing an efficient method to acquire a proper UCAV formation structure with robust and synchronized features. Here we introduce the RTBA (Route Temporary Blindness Avoidance) model to keep the structure stable and the HPSO (hybrid particle swarm optimization) method is given to find an optimal synchronized formation. The major contributions include the following: (1) setting up the dynamic hierarchy topologic structure of UCAV formation; (2) the RTB phenomenon is described and the RTBA model is put forward; (3) the node choosing rules are used to keep the invulnerability of the formation and the detective information quantifying method is given to measure the effectiveness of the connected nodes; and (4) the hybrid particle swarm optimization method is given to find an optimal synchronized topologic structure. According to the related principles and models, the simulations are given in the end, and the results show that the simplification of the model is available in engineering, and the RTBA model is useful to solve the real problems in combat in some degree.
Highlights
Since the control theory and intelligent technology have acquired significant advances, research on multiple unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) has attracted more and more attentions in recent years
According to the related principles and models, the simulations are given in the end, and the results show that the simplification of the model is available in engineering, and the RTBA model is useful to solve the real problems in combat in some degree
In order to verify the effectiveness of RTBA model, we use Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR) and Endto-End Delay (EED) to complete the evaluating process
Summary
Since the control theory and intelligent technology have acquired significant advances, research on multiple unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) has attracted more and more attentions in recent years. Reference [14] gives a new distributed auction algorithm with a limited communication ability. Though these researches have brought us many valuable results which may be useful to solve some problems in real society, the researches on topology structure and the dynamic model still need to be analyzed. Route Temporary Blindness (RTB) problem [15] which may lead to communication interruption may be very important to have an effect on the robustness of the UCAV formation. In order to get an optimal UCAV formation, we put forward a method in this study to solve the RTB problem and get an optimal structure with efficient synchronized features.
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