Graph-based multi-agent reinforcement learning for large-scale UAVs swarm system control

B Zhao, M Huo, Z Li, Z Yu, N Qi - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel graph-embedding technique based on a graph neural network (GNN)
is proposed to identify the topology in the motion of a unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) …

Enhanced UAV Pursuit-Evasion Using Boids Modelling: A Synergistic Integration of Bird Swarm Intelligence and DRL.

W **, X Tian, B Shi, B Zhao… - … , Materials & Continua, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
The UAV pursuit-evasion problem focuses on the efficient tracking and capture of evading
targets using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which is pivotal in public safety …

Machine learning methods for UAV flocks management-a survey

R Azoulay, Y Haddad, S Reches - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been gaining momentum in
recent years owing to technological advances and a significant reduction in their cost. UAV …

Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots

AJ King, SJ Portugal, D Strömbom… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A single sheepdog can bring together and manoeuvre hundreds of sheep from one location
to another. Engineers and ecologists are fascinated by this sheepdog herding because of …

Swarm intelligence research: From bio-inspired single-population swarm intelligence to human-machine hybrid swarm intelligence

GY Wang, DD Cheng, DY **a, HH Jiang - Machine Intelligence Research, 2023 - Springer
Swarm intelligence has become a hot research field of artificial intelligence. Considering the
importance of swarm intelligence for the future development of artificial intelligence, we …

A comprehensive survey on nature‐inspired algorithms and their applications in edge computing: Challenges and future directions

M Adhikari, SN Srirama… - Software: Practice and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the vision of real‐time applications and smart communication, recent years have
witnessed a paradigm shift from centralized cloud computing toward distributed edge …

Large-scale fixed-wing UAV swarm system control with collision avoidance and formation maneuver

J Li, Y Fang, H Cheng, Z Wang, Z Wu… - IEEE Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a distributed control algorithm for a large-scale fixed-wing unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV) swarm system of collision avoidance and formation maneuver is proposed …

Reactive shepherding along a dynamic path

S Van Havermaet, Y Khaluf, P Simoens - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Shepherding, the task of guiding a herd of autonomous individuals in a desired direction, is
an essential skill employed in the herding of animals, crowd control, and evacuation …

Adaptive multirobot implicit control of heterogeneous herds

E Sebastián, E Montijano… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a novel control strategy to herd groups of noncooperative evaders by
means of a team of robotic herders. In herding problems, the motion of the evaders is …

[PDF][PDF] Autonomous swarm shepherding using curriculum-based reinforcement learning

A Hussein, E Petraki, S Elsawah… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2022 - ifaamas.org
Autonomous shepherding is a bio-inspired swarm guidance approach, whereby an artificial
sheepdog guides a swarm of artificial or biological agents, such as sheep, towards a goal …