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A novel hybrid particle swarm optimization for multi-UAV cooperate path planning

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The path planning of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in three-dimensional (3D) environment is an important part of the entire UAV’s autonomous control system. In the constrained mission environment, planning optimal paths for multiple UAVs is a challenging problem. To solve this problem, the time stamp segmentation (TSS) model is adopted to simplify the handling of coordination cost of UAVs, and then a novel hybrid algorithm called HIPSO-MSOS is proposed by combining improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) and modified symbiotic organisms search (MSOS). The exploration and exploitation abilities are combined efficiently, which brings good performance to the proposed algorithm. The cubic B-spline curve is used to smooth the generated path so that the planned path is flyable for UAV. To assess performance, the simulation is carried out in the virtual three-dimensional complex terrain environment. The experimental results show that the HIPSO-MSOS algorithm can successfully generate feasible and effective paths for each UAV, and its performance is superior to the other five algorithms, namely PSO, Firefly, DE, MSOS and HSGWO-MSOS algorithms in terms of accuracy, convergence speed, stability and robustness. Moreover, HIPSO-MSOS performs better than other tested methods in multi-objective optimization problems. Thus, the HIPSO-MSOS algorithm is a feasible and reliable alternative for some difficult and practical problems.

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 61877067), Joint Foundation of CETC Key Laboratory of Data Link Technology (No.CLDL-20182115), Key Laboratory fund for near ground detection and perception technology (TCGZ2019A002), Foundation of Basic research projects (61424140502)

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  2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, China

    Xiaogang Qi

  3. State Key Laboratory of satellite navigation system and equipment technology, Shijiazhuang, 050081, China

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He, W., Qi, X. & Liu, L. A novel hybrid particle swarm optimization for multi-UAV cooperate path planning. Appl Intell 51, 7350–7364 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-020-02082-8

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