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Research on Task Assignment of Multi-UAVs Based on Improved Two-Stage Hierarchical Auction in Collaborative Defense Scenario

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Proceedings of 2022 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (ICAUS 2022) (ICAUS 2022)

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The great role played by UAVs in high-tech wars such as the Naka conflict and the Russia-Ukraine conflict has received widespread attention and importance from the militaries of various countries, and UAV technology has entered a period of rapid development. With the increasing scale of participating UAVs, the human decision-making capability can no longer meet the rapidly changing requirements of modern warfare. In this paper, we propose a two-stage hierarchical auction-based Multi-UAVs dynamic task assignment algorithm for the multi-type complex task assignment problems of “decoy” “deception” and “interception” in collaborative defense combat task scenarios. A dynamic Multi-UAVs task assignment algorithm based on a two-stage hierarchical auction is proposed to cope with the multi-type task assignment of heterogeneous UAVs and to enhance the cooperation among UAVs. At the same time, a simulation environment is established and dynamic verification is carried out to provide technical support for improving the success rate and adaptability of UAV equipment system combat tasks.

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Lin, J., Yu, Q., Quan, Z., Ye, F., Xing, J. (2023). Research on Task Assignment of Multi-UAVs Based on Improved Two-Stage Hierarchical Auction in Collaborative Defense Scenario. In: Fu, W., Gu, M., Niu, Y. (eds) Proceedings of 2022 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (ICAUS 2022). ICAUS 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1010. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0479-2_356

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