Abstract
The ever-changing environment and complex combat missions create new demands for the formation of mission groups of unmanned combat agents. This study aims to address the problem of dynamic construction of mission groups under new requirements. Agents are heterogeneous, and a group formation method must dynamically form new groups in circumstances where missions are constantly being explored. In our method, a group formation strategy that combines heuristic rules and response threshold models is proposed to dynamically adjust the members of the mission group and adapt to the needs of new missions. The degree of matching between the mission requirements and the group’s capabilities, and the communication cost of group formation are used as indicators to evaluate the quality of the group. The response threshold method and the ant colony algorithm are selected as the comparison algorithms in the simulations. The results show that the grouping scheme obtained by the proposed method is superior to those of the comparison methods.
摘要
多变的环境和复杂的作战任务对无人作战智能体任务群组的构建提出了新的要求。本文旨在解决新需求下的任务群组动态构建问题。针对智能体的异构性,在不断探索任务的情况下群体形成方法需满足能动态形成新的群组。提出一种融合了启发式规则和响应阈值模型的群组形成策略,用于动态调整任务群组的成员以适应新的任务需求。将任务需求与群组能力的匹配程度以及群组的组网开销作为评价团队素质的指标。选取响应阈值法和蚁群算法作为仿真实验中的对比算法。结果表明所提方法在解决动态任务组形成问题时具备一定优势。
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Chen CHEN and Xiaochen WU conceived the idea of this research and studied the literature. Chen CHEN designed the simulations. Xiaochen WU processed the data. Chen CHEN and Xiaochen WU drafted the paper. Panos M. PARDALOS and Shuxin DING helped organize the paper. Chen CHEN, Xiaochen WU, and Jie CHEN revised and finalized the paper.
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61773066) and the Foundation of China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited (No. 2019YJ071)
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Chen, C., Wu, X., Chen, J. et al. Dynamic grouping of heterogeneous agents for exploration and strike missions. Front Inform Technol Electron Eng 23, 86–100 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2000352
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