Integrated task assignment and path optimization for cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles using genetic algorithms

E Edison, T Shima - Computers & Operations Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The problem of integrating task assignment and planning paths for a group of cooperating
uninhabited aerial vehicles, servicing multiple targets, is addressed. In the problem of …

Multiple task assignments for cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles using genetic algorithms

T Shima, SJ Rasmussen, AG Sparks… - Computers & operations …, 2006 - Elsevier
A problem of assigning cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles to perform multiple tasks on
multiple targets is posed as a new combinatorial optimization problem. A genetic algorithm …

Assigning micro UAVs to task tours in an urban terrain

T Shima, S Rasmussen, D Gross - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optimization algorithm for assigning in realtime multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) to task tours is presented and tested as part of a flight demonstration program. The …

UAV cooperative multiple task assignments using genetic algorithms

T Shima, SJ Rasmussen… - Proceedings of the 2005 …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multiple task assignment problem for cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles is posed as
a combinatorial optimization problem. A genetic algorithm for assigning the multiple agents …

Tree search algorithm for assigning cooperating UAVs to multiple tasks

SJ Rasmussen, T Shima - International Journal of Robust and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes a tree search algorithm for assigning cooperating homogeneous
uninhabited aerial vehicles to multiple tasks. The combinatorial optimization problem is …

[HTML][HTML] Cooperative task assignment of multiple heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles using a modified genetic algorithm with multi-type genes

Q Deng, J Yu, N Wang - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2013 - Elsevier
The task assignment problem of multiple heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
concerned with cooperative decision making and control, is studied in this paper. The …

Cooperative multiple task assignment problem with stochastic velocities and time windows for heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles using a genetic algorithm

Z Jia, J Yu, X Ai, X Xu, D Yang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a combinatorial optimization problem, formulated as a cooperative multiple
task assignment problem with stochastic velocities and time windows for heterogeneous …

Assignment of cooperating UAVs to simultaneous tasks using genetic algorithms

T Shima, C Schumacher - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control …, 2005 - arc.aiaa.org
Many combinatorial optimization problems are concerned with pairing between agents and
tasks. The simplest one is the classical assignment problem consisting of such optimal …

Coordinated target assignment and UAV path planning with timing constraints

L Babel - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2019 - Springer
The engagement of a group of autonomous air vehicles against several targets is a major
challenge in mission planning. This paper addresses the problem of cooperative flight path …

An integrated multi-population genetic algorithm for multi-vehicle task assignment in a drift field

X Bai, W Yan, SS Ge, M Cao - Information Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the task assignment problem for a team of autonomous
aerial/marine vehicles driven by constant thrust and maneuvering in a planar lateral drift …