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Communication-Constrained UAVs’ Coverage Search Method in Uncertain Scenarios
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 24(10):17092-17101 May, 2024
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Autonomous aerial vehicles
Task analysis
Search problems
Sensors
Communication networks
Heuristic algorithms
Collaboration
Communication constraint
coverage search
swarm
uncertain environment
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
Solve the target search problems for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm in uncertain environments without prior knowledge, this article designed a communication-constrained coverage search model and a new optimization algorithm. We proposed a multiobjective optimization model based on grid environment modeling and UAVs’ modeling with communication constraints. Meanwhile, to optimize the proposed model, this article designed a collaborative search scheme based on model predictive control and communication constraints (CSS-MPCCCs) to solve the UAVs’ path planning and decision-making at each moment. CSS-MPCCC is a two-stage optimization method with joint optimization of search performance and optimal selection from Parato frontier, which relies on NSGA-II. Our model and algorithm enabled the UAV swarm to perform coverage search on both static and dynamic targets. In simulations, the proposed CSS-MPCCC algorithm is compared with classical random search and parallel search algorithms, and the performance of model and algorithm is analyzed in several groups of simulations. It is validated that the proposed algorithm effectively enables the UAV swarm to search for static and dynamic targets in uncertain scenarios.