Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2019, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 738-748.doi: 10.21629/JSEE.2019.04.11

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A distributed decision method for missiles autonomous formation based on potential game

Xiang JIA1,*(), Sentang WU2(), Yongming WEN2(), Zheng YAO2()   

  1. 1 Beijing Institute of Electronic Engineering, Beijing 100854, China
    2 School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2017-11-27 Online:2019-08-01 Published:2019-09-01
  • Contact: Xiang JIA E-mail:lhfy607@163.com;woost@sina.com;buaa@foxmail.com;loveinter@126.com
  • About author:JIA Xiang was born in 1989. He received his Ph.D. degree from Beihang University, and now is working for Beijing Institute of Electronic Engineering. He mainly studies the decision and management system of missiles autonomous formation. E-mail:lhfy607@163.com|WU Sentang is a professor of automation science and electrical engineering, and a doctoral tutor in Beihang University. In February 1992, he obtained his engineering doctorate of dynamics, ballistics and aircraft motion control system in Soviet Kiev Aeronautical Engineering Institute (now Ukraine National Aviation University). He is a member of the navy missile expert group for National Defense Basic Research Institute. He mainly studies the theory and application of nonlinear stochastic systems, computer information processing and control, aircraft cooperative control and precision guidance and so on. E-mail:woost@sina.com|WEN Yongming was born in 1988. He received his Ph.D. degree from Beihang University. He mainly studies the aircraft autonomous formation flight control system. E-mail:wenyongming buaa@foxmail.com|YAO Zheng was born in 1990. He is a Ph.D. student in Beihang University. He mainly studies the decision and management system of heterogeneous multi-agent system and morphing aircraft. E-mail:i loveinter@126.com
  • Supported by:
    the Industrial Technology Development Program(B1120131046);This work was supported by the Industrial Technology Development Program (B1120131046)

Abstract:

The distributed cooperative decision problems of missiles autonomous formation with network packet loss are investigated by using the potential game based on formation principles. In particular, a dynamic target allocation method for missiles formation is provided based on the potential game and formation principles, after the introduction of cooperative guidance and control system of the missiles formation. Then we seek the optimization of a global utility function through autonomous missiles that are capable of making individually rational decisions to optimize their own utility functions. The first important aspect of the problem is to design an individual utility function considering the characteristics of the missiles formation, with which the objective of the missiles are localized to each missile yet aligned with the global utility function. The second is to equip the missiles with an appropriate coordination mechanism with each missile pursuing the optimization of its own utility function. We present the design procedure for the utility, and present a coordination mechanism based on spatial adaptive play and then introduce the idea of "cyclical selected spatial adaptive play" and "negotiation based on time division multiple address (TDMA) protocol formation support network". Finally, we present simulations for the distributed dynamic target allocation on the comprehensive digital simulation system, and the results illustrate the effectiveness and engineering applicability of the method.

Key words: distributed decision, dynamic target allocation, missiles autonomous formation, potential game