Modern Defense Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (1): 11-22.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1009-086x.2025.01.002

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A Phase Transition Control Method for UAV Swarm Based on Birds’ Behaviors

Haonan QIU1, Ming HE2, Wei HAN1, Xin XU3, Haotian CHEN1, Yiran WEI2   

  1. 1.Institute of Command and Control Engineering,Army Engineering University of PLA,Nanjing 210007,China
    2.PLA 32180 Troops,Beijing 100071,China
    3.College of Intelligence Science and Technology,National University of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073,China
  • Received:2024-07-29 Revised:2024-11-21 Online:2025-02-28 Published:2025-02-27

一种仿鸟群行为的无人机集群相变控制方法

邱浩楠1, 何明2, 韩伟1, 徐昕3, 陈浩天1, 危怡然2   

  1. 1.中国人民解放军陆军工程大学 指挥控制工程学院,江苏 南京 210007
    2.中国人民解放军32180部队,北京 100071
    3.国防科技大学 智能科学学院,湖南 长沙 410073
  • 作者简介:邱浩楠(1999-),男,江苏徐州人。硕士生,研究方向为无人机集群指挥控制。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(62273356);国家人才项目(2022-JCJQ-ZQ-001);江苏省重点研发计划(BE2021729);高层次人才创新工程(KYZYJQJY2101)

Abstract:

UAV swarm has emerged as a crucial new combat force in information warfare. To tackle the challenges of collective shape control in UAV swarms driven by multiple tasks, a phase transition control method for UAV swarms inspired by birds’ behavior is proposed. Firstly, the behavioral patterns of bird flocks are analyzed, and the characteristics of collective defense behavior in bird flocks exemplified by sparrows are summarized. Then, a phase transition control model for UAV swarms based on four rules (four-rules phase transition model, FRPT) is built by introducing centripetal/centrifugal dual force and establishing “mutation” interaction rules. Next, with control parameters and order parameters defined and key control parameters regulated, the phase transition control of UAV swarm is achieved and the effectiveness of the proposed method is experimentally proved. Finally, through the optimal parameter solving of swarm intelligence optimization algorithms, the formation period of ordered phases is shortened by nearly 70%, which validates the optimization feasibility of the proposed method.The method is anticipated to be extensively applied in tasks such as reconnaissance and emergency rescue missions for UAV swarm perception.

Key words: UAV swarm, phase transition control, order parameter, control parameters, swarm intelligence

摘要:

无人机集群已成为信息化战争中重要的新质作战力量。为解决多任务驱动下无人机集群的形态控制问题,提出了一种仿鸟群行为的无人机集群相变控制方法分析了鸟群行为模式,总结了以麻雀群为例的鸟群聚集御敌行为特征通过引入向心/离心对偶力,建立“突变”交互规则,构建了基于四规则的无人机集群相变控制模型定义了控制参量和序参量,通过调控关键控制参量,实现了无人机集群的相变控制,实验验证了所提方法的有效性经群体智能优化算法的最优参数求解,有序相形成周期均缩短了近70%,验证了方法的优化可行性。该方法可望在无人机集群侦察感知、应急救援等任务中广泛应用。

关键词: 无人机集群, 相变控制, 序参量, 控制参量, 群体智能

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