Simultaneous arrival of multiple UAVs under imperfect communication
Simultaneous arrival of multiple UAVs under imperfect communication
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DOI:
10.1108/00022661211194960
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发表时间:
2012-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Iftikhar H. Makhdoom;Qin Shi-yin
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作者:
Iftikhar H. Makhdoom;Qin Shi-yin
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new algorithm for in‐mission trajectories and speed adjustment of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) participating in a mission that requires them to arrive at target location simultaneously with switching and imperfect communication among the vehicles.Design/methodology/approach – This algorithm, programmed at each UAV level, is based on the repeated consensus seeking among the participating vehicles about the time‐on‐target (ToT) through an imperfect inter‐vehicle communication link. The vehicles exchange their individual ToT values repeatedly for a particular duration to pick the highest value among all the vehicles in communication. A consensus confidence flag is set high when consensus is successful. After every consensus cycle with high confidence value, the mission adjustment is carried out by computing difference value between ToT consensus and a threshold value. For the difference values higher than a certain limit, vehicle's trajectory is...