Reconnaissance Mission Conducted by UAV Swarms Based on Distributed PSO Path Planning Algorithms

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 105086 - 105099
• Main Authors: Wang, Yubing, Bai, Peng, Liang, Xiaolong, Wang, Weijia, Zhang, Jiaqiang, Fu, Qixi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Clustering algorithms; Convergence; Crossovers; Decision making; distributed particle swarm optimization (DPSO); Heuristic algorithms; Particle swarm optimization; Path planning; Reconnaissance; Reconnaissance aircraft; Reconnaissance mission; Robots; Search methods; Swarm intelligence; UAV swarms; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Reconnaissance mission has a wide application in both civil and military fields, which provides intelligence and basis for the following decision-making to accomplish certain goals. Due to numerous advantages of UAV swarms such as strong flexibility, high efficiency, and low cost, conducting reconna...