Modeling and Optimization of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System Architecture Alternatives. (20th July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qin, Dongliang; Li, Zhifei; Yang, Feng; Wang, Weiping; He, Lei
• Other Names: Jha Manoj Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: TheScientificWorldjournal. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-07-20
• Subjects: Science -- Periodicals; Technology -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; 505
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/189679
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-6140

Abstract

Abstract : Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems have already been used in civilian activities, although very limitedly. Confronted different types of tasks, multi UAVs usually need to be coordinated. This can be extracted as a multi UAVs system architecture problem. Based on the general system architecture problem, a specific description of the multi UAVs system architecture problem is presented. Then the corresponding optimization problem and an efficient genetic algorithm with a refined crossover operator (GA-RX) is proposed to accomplish the architecting process iteratively in the rest of this paper. The availability and effectiveness of overall method is validated using 2 simulations based on 2 different scenarios.