Multi-target Assignment Methods for UAV Swarm under Communication Constraints
Considering the constraints of communication range and detection scope in the UAV swarm,this paper proposed the Stepwise Consensus-Based Auction Algorithm(SCBAA)to address the problem of multi-UAV cooperative interception of maneuvering targets.Firstly,the issues caused by the limited communication and detection range between the UAVs in the real battlefield environment are described and analyzed.Then,a localized task assignment model considering the communication constraints is proposed with a comprehensive utility function along with multi-task assignment constraints.Furthermore,to resolve the assignment conflicts of multi-UAVs targeting multi-target,the task assignment processes are divided into the primary and secondary stages,which could achieve the conflict-free assignment by applying a new consensus interaction variable that called the primary task bid creation with time variable.Finally,the mathematical simulation results demonstrated that the proposed algorithm can achieved tasking and coordinated strikes against multiple maneuvering targets even with the constraints of communication and detection range.