RT Journal Article
T1 Evolutionary trajectory planner for multiple UAVs in realistic scenarios
A1 Besada Portas, Eva
A1 Torre Cubillo, Luis de la
A1 Cruz García, Jesús Manuel de la
A1 Andrés Toro, Bonifacio de
AB This paper presents a path planner for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on evolutionary algorithms (EAs) for realistic scenarios. The paths returned by the algorithm fulfill and optimize multiple criteria that 1) are calculated based on the properties of real UAVs, terrains, radars, and missiles and 2) are structured in different levels of priority according to the selected mission. The paths of all the UAVs are obtained with the multiple coordinated agents coevolution EA (MCACEA), which is a general framework that uses an EA per agent (i.e., UAV) that share their optimal solutions to coordinate the evolutions of the EAs populations using cooperation objectives. This planner works offline and online by means of recalculating parts of the original path to avoid unexpected risks while the UAV is flying. Its search space and computation time have been reduced using some special operators in the EAs. The successful results of the paths obtained in multiple scenarios, which are statistically analyzed in the paper, and tested against a simulator that incorporates complex models of the UAVs, radars, and missiles, make us believe that this planner could be used for real-flight missions.
PB IEEE-INST Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc
SN 1552-3098
YR 2010
FD 2010-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43817
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43817
LA eng
NO © 2010 IEEE. This work was supported by the Community of Madrid under Project "COSICOLOGI" S-0505/DPI-0391, by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under Project DPI2006-15661-C02-01 and Project DPI2009-14552-C02-01, and by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima) under Project 353/2005. The work of E. Besada-Portas was supported by the Spanish Postdoctoral Grant EX-2007-0915 associated with the Prince of Asturias Endowed Chair of the University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. This paper was presented in part at the Genetic Evolutionary Computation Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2008, and in part at the 8th International FLINS Conference, Madrid, Spain, 2008.
NO Community of Madrid
NO Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
NO European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima)
NO Spanish Postdoctoral Grant
DS Docta Complutense
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