Title :
Optimal coordination of multi-task allocation and path planning for UAVs using Dynamic Bayesian Network
Author :
Guo Wen-Qiang ; Yong-yan, Hou
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Electr. & Info. Eng., Shaanxi Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
A key challenge for the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is to develop an overall system architecture that can perform optimal coordination of the UAVs and reconfigure to account for changes in the dynamic environment with uncertainty. This paper presents a multi-task allocation and path planning optimal coordination algorithm for UAVs based on dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) perceiving architecture, which leads to solve above autonomous problems in dynamic aerospace surroundings. Learning and inference will be based on Bayesian approach, by representing uncertainty in observed data, and by using probability techniques to compute the goal attributes given the observation data. Under given missions and guidelines, learning, inference and prediction can be carried out by the same principle and these clarify the new direction for the decision-making optimization. The valid overall approach is demonstrated on example scenarios which show that, during execution, the coordination tasks of multi-task allocation and path planning for UAVs, which react to changes in the dynamic aerospace environments, can be achieved autonomously.
Keywords :
aerospace control; belief networks; decision making; path planning; remotely operated vehicles; uncertain systems; DBN perceiving architecture; UAV; autonomous problem; decision-making optimization; dynamic Bayesian network; dynamic aerospace surrounding; inference; learning; multitask allocation; optimal coordination algorithm; path planning; probability technique; uncertainty; unmanned aerial vehicle; Aerodynamics; Bayesian methods; Computer architecture; Decision making; Guidelines; Inference algorithms; Path planning; Uncertainty; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Dynamic Bayesian Network; Multi-task Allocation; Optimal Coordination; Planning;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Decision Conference, 2009. CCDC '09. Chinese
Conference_Location :
Guilin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2722-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2723-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCDC.2009.5192729