Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 3437-3450.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2024.10.21

• Systems Engineering • Previous Articles    

Review of research on multi-UAV collaborative mission planning method

Jianfeng WANG, Gaowei JIA, Zheng GUO, Zhongxi HOU   

  1. College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2022-11-09 Online:2024-09-25 Published:2024-10-22
  • Contact: Gaowei JIA

Abstract:

With the development of communication technology, the future development of multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system is trending towards clusterization, autonomy, and intelligence. Through information fusion and capability complementation among units, multi-UAV system can break through their inherent technology limitations and form diversified mission capabilities. Mission planning serves as the top-level design for collaborative applications of multi-UAV system. It is a combinatorial optimization problem with constraints, seeking to obtain optimal mission execution plans that satisfy requirements, with the consideration of mission demands, unit capabilities, and environmental situations. This paper summarizes existing research result from two perspectives: problem representation modeling and plan solution evaluation. Specifically, it reviews the research result of problem representation modeling in terms of scenario analysis, task allocation, and trajectory planning, and examines solution evaluation in terms of solving algorithms and performance assessment. Finally, several directions worthy of attention in future research on UAV mission planning are analyzed.

Key words: multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, mission planning, problem representation and modeling, plan solving and evaluation

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