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Grouping of the UAV Swarm Based on Automatic Fuzzy Clustering

  • Zhiheng Liu
  • , Rui Zhou
  • , Jinyong Chen*
  • , Ning Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • AVIC Xi'an Flight Automatic Control Research Institute

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Abstract

The confrontation between UAV swarms will be an important combat style in the future, and a reasonable division of such a target air fleet is instructive to the deployment of our own resources. In this paper, we combine the genetic fuzzy clustering and the cluster validation to achieve autonomous grouping of the UAV swarm. Firstly, the flight state parameters such as position, speed, and yaw angle are used as characteristic components to measure the differences among UAVs. Then, the proposed approach establishes a mathematical model for grouping of the UAV swarm by fuzzy C-means algorithm. In addition, we compare five advanced clustering validity indexes and a clustering validation method based on graph theory, from which an evaluation criterion more applicable to grouping of the UAV swarm is selected. Finally, numerical simulations are performed to verify that the proposed approach can divide the air fleet autonomously and rationally in complex task scenarios.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Guidance, Navigation and Control - Proceedings of 2022 International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control
EditorsLiang Yan, Haibin Duan, Yimin Deng, Liang Yan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages5662-5673
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789811966125
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2022 - Harbin, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20227 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume845 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period5/08/227/08/22

Keywords

  • Cluster validation
  • Fuzzy custering
  • Grouping of the UAV swarm

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