Abstract:

Based on the description of distributed weapon target assignment (DWTA), the contract net protocol (CNP) is expended from six aspects: task announcement conditions, the strategies of task announcement, bidding and bid evaluation between managers and contractors, extension of the protocol and contract types, and an extended CNP (ECNP) based DWTA architecture is designed for networked air defense missile systems (NADMS). After that, a DWTA algorithm based on the ECNP is presented, and a comparison is made between CNP based and ECNP based DWTA algorithm in the utility of NADMS, remotes firing times, and number of communications through an operational scenario. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed algorithm.