CN113325875B - Unmanned aerial vehicle path planning method for minimizing number of unmanned aerial vehicles - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle path planning method for minimizing the number of unmanned aerial vehicles, which mainly solves the problem of minimizing the number of unmanned aerial vehicles in the existing unmanned aerial vehicle path planning scheme and comprises the following steps: 1) initializing parameters; 2) constructing a sensor set to be accessed and initializing a local optimal path set; 3) calculating flight energy consumption, hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle; 4) planning flight paths for a given number of unmanned aerial vehicles by adopting an improved ant colony algorithm, and determining a local optimal path set; 5) and acquiring a path planning result of the unmanned aerial vehicle according to the characteristics of the local optimal path set. The invention ensures that the task is completed by using the minimum number of unmanned aerial vehicles on the basis of accessing all the sensors, reduces the system cost and simultaneously reduces the total energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of communication, relates to a path planning method for unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to a path planning method for unmanned aerial vehicles, which can realize minimization of the number of unmanned aerial vehicles and can be used for data acquisition under the condition that the cost of the unmanned aerial vehicles is limited.
Background
In recent years, the unmanned aerial vehicle technology is rapidly developed and plays an important role in the fields of military and civil use. Light and handy fuselage, nimble motion mode make unmanned aerial vehicle can carry out data acquisition and transmission in the complex environment. In practical application, no matter fuel type unmanned aerial vehicle or charging type unmanned aerial vehicle, the energy is all limited to the economic cost of purchasing an unmanned aerial vehicle is not negligible, the selling price of a civilian type unmanned aerial vehicle can reach tens of thousands yuan, when using many unmanned aerial vehicles to visit the sensor node, the more unmanned aerial vehicles that use, the more the total cost of visiting the sensor node is also bigger. Therefore, in the unmanned aerial vehicle network, the minimum number of the used unmanned aerial vehicles needs to be determined under the condition of meeting the energy consumption constraint of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and the cost of the unmanned aerial vehicles is reduced.
In the network, the number of sensor nodes is constant, and in order to reduce the number of used drones, it is necessary to make each drone access to the sensor nodes as much as possible. Abdelhamid S. published UAV path planning for establishment management in IoT [ C ] in IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops in 2018, and discloses a nearest neighbor policy-based unmanned aerial vehicle path planning method, which is based on the nearest neighbor policy and selects a next sensor node to be visited for an unmanned aerial vehicle according to the distance between the sensor nodes until all the sensor nodes in a network are visited, so that a path can be effectively planned for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles required to be used is determined. In the scheme, the node closest to the current sensor node is selected as the next node to be visited by the unmanned aerial vehicle each time, the distance between the sensor node and the starting position of the unmanned aerial vehicle is not considered, the path is planned according to the optimal sensor node access mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the influence on other unmanned aerial vehicles cannot be avoided, and the number of the used unmanned aerial vehicles is not necessarily the minimum.
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Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the unmanned aerial vehicle path planning method for minimizing the number of unmanned aerial vehicles, and under the condition of meeting the energy consumption constraint of a single unmanned aerial vehicle, the distance between sensor nodes is considered globally, so that the influence between the unmanned aerial vehicles is avoided, and the number of the used unmanned aerial vehicles and the total energy consumption are reduced.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention comprises the following steps:
(1) initializing parameters:
the central controller with the coordinate position (0,0) distributed on the ground is initialized to have K unmanned aerial vehicles U ═ U { U ═ at the position O1,U2,...,Uk,...,UK}; initializing I sensors distributed on the ground as A ═ A1,A2...Ai,...AII is more than or equal to 2, the ith sensor AiHas a position coordinate of (x)i,yi) (ii) a The maximum energy of all unmanned planes is EthThe flight speed is v, and the flight energy consumption, hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption in unit time are ef、ehAnd etAt the i-th sensor AiThe time of the over-the-air hovering and the communication is ti,K≥1,UkRepresents the kth drone; k virtual sensors having the same coordinate position as that of the central controller O are initialized to B ═ B1,B2...Bk,...BKAnd the distance between any two virtual sensors is infinite, and all unmanned planes are at the kth virtual sensor BkThe time of the over-the-air hovering and the communication is tBk(ii) a Initializing an ant population S-S comprising M ants1,S2…Sm…SM},M≥50,SmRepresents the mth ant; initializing path selection coefficients to q0The pheromone volatilization factor is rho, the iteration number is iter, the maximum iteration number is iter _ max, the iter _ max is not less than 2000,let iter be 1, K be 1, let K be 1 the minimum total energy consumption E of unmanned aerial vehiclebest=∞;
(2) Constructing a sensor set to be accessed and initializing a local optimal path set:
constructing a sensor set R to be accessed by a sensor A and a virtual sensor B, wherein the set R is { A, B } R }1,R2,...,Rn,...,RNAnd initializing a local optimal path setWhere N denotes the total number of sensors to be accessed, N ═ I + K, RnRepresents the nth sensor to be accessed, when n is equal to [1, I ∈]When R isnRepresents the sensor when n ∈ [ I +1, I + K]When R isnRepresenting a virtual sensor;
(3) calculating flight energy consumption, hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle:
(3a) calculating every two sensors R to be accessed in the sensor set R to be accessedaAnd RbEuropean distance betweenAnd constructing an Euclidean distance matrix D corresponding to R through NxN Euclidean distances, wherein Ra,RbE.g. R when Ra=RbWhen it is used, orderExpression of DThe formula is as follows:
(3b) calculating flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle between any two sensors to be accessed through the Euclidean distance matrix DSimultaneously calculating hovering energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle accesses any sensor to be accessedEnergy consumption of communication is
(4) Parameters for initializing the improved ant colony algorithm:
define every two sensors R to be accessedaAnd RbHas a pheromone concentration ofThe path heuristic information isInitializationWherein tau is0Represents anyTo the initial value of the concentration of pheromone between the two sensors to be accessed,
wherein the content of the first and second substances,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedaAnd RbThe energy consumption of the flying is reduced between the two modes,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedbAnd RNThe energy consumption of the flying is reduced between the two modes,andrespectively indicate that the unmanned aerial vehicle is at the sensor R to be accessedbOverhead hover energy consumption and flight energy consumption,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedbTime of the over-the-air hover and communication;
(5) and (3) constructing a feasible solution set and an infeasible solution set of the iteration:
(5a) let m equal to 1, initialize the feasible solution set of this iterationSet of infeasible solutions
(5b) The mth ant SmN (m) R, the accessed sensor setV (m) is an ordered set, and one sensor R to be accessed is randomly selected from N (m)nAs SmFirst sensor to be accessed, with RstartIs labeled, and R isnFrom N (m) into V (m);
(5c) generating a random number q, q ∈ (0, 1)]And judging q and the path selection coefficient q0Whether or not q > q is satisfied0If yes, calculate SmFrom RnTo any one of the sensors R to be accessed in N (m)w,RwTransition probability of ∈ N (m)And using roulette rules based on transition probabilitiesSelecting the next sensor R to be accessed in N (m)pOtherwise, directly selecting from R in N (m)nPoint out to makeThe largest one of the sensors to be accessed is used as the sensor R to be accessed nextpWhereinRepresents the current iteration RnAnd RwPheromone concentration between, alpha and beta respectivelyAndthe degree of importance of;
(5d) r is to bepMove from N (m) to V (m), judgeIf true, then R is addedstartAdding into V (m) to obtain mth ant SmThe path of (A) is V (m), abbreviated as mth path, otherwise, let Rn=RpAnd performing step (5 c);
(5e) according to each virtual sensor BkDividing the mth path v (m) into K sub-paths and allocating the K sub-paths to K drones, the start and end positions of each sub-path being the positions of the virtual sensors, and calculating the energy consumption of each sub-path, i.e., the kth droneThe energy consumption of each sub-path is the sum of the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the sub-path and the hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption of all sensors accessing the sub-path, wherein the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the sub-path is the sum of the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying between two adjacent sensors on the sub-path, and the maximum sub-path energy consumption of the mth path is marked as
(5f) Determining the maximum sub-path energy consumption of the mth pathWhether or not to satisfyIf yes, V (m) is a feasible solution, putting V (m) into a feasible solution set Path ', otherwise, if the Path V (m) is an infeasible solution, putting V (m) into an infeasible solution set Path';
(5g) if M is less than M, making M equal to M +1, executing step (5b), otherwise, executing step (6);
(6) determining a local optimal solution generated by the iteration:
(6a) num ' is used for representing the size of the feasible solution set Path ', namely the number of feasible solutions, and the mth Path Path in the Path ' is calculatedm′Total energy consumption of last K dronesAnd toPerforming ascending sequence, and marking the minimum total energy consumption of the K unmanned aerial vehicles in the iteration as Ebest(iter) taking the Path corresponding to it as the local optimal Path Path of the K unmanned planesbest(iter) and adds it to the locally optimal Path set PathbestPerforming the following steps;
(6b) calculating the total energy consumption of K unmanned aerial vehicles on each Path in Path ″, and if K is 1, finding out the minimum total energy consumption E of the K unmanned aerial vehicles in the iterationmin(iter) if Emin(iter)<EbestUpdate Ebest=Emin(iter);
(7) And (3) updating the pheromone concentration:
(7a) selecting L paths according to the numerical value of Num': if Num 'is more than or equal to L, and L is M/5, selecting the first L paths in Path'; if 0 < Num ' < L, randomly selecting F ═ L-Num ' paths in Path ' and Num ' paths in Path ' to form L paths together; if Num 'is 0, then randomly selecting L paths in Path';
(7b) updating the concentration of pheromones between two adjacent sensors on the selected path;
(8) judging whether the iteration is finished:
judging whether iter < iter _ max is true, if yes, iter is iter +1, executing the step (5), and if not, executing the step (9);
(9) obtaining a path planning result of the unmanned aerial vehicle:
determining a set of locally optimal pathsIf yes, go to step (10), otherwise go to PathbestThe minimum total energy consumption mark in the unmanned aerial vehicles is E, the Path corresponding to the minimum total energy consumption mark is used as the global optimal Path of the K unmanned aerial vehicles, and the global optimal Path and the number K of the unmanned aerial vehicles are output;
(10) updating the unmanned plane set and the virtual sensor set:
judging whether K is equal to 1, if yes, makingOtherwise, let K be K +1, obtain the updated set U of drones and the corresponding set B of virtual sensors, and execute step (2).
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
firstly, the path heuristic information in the ant colony algorithm is improved, the improved ant colony algorithm is adopted, the information of the sensor and the distance from the sensor to the central controller are considered globally to select the sensor node to be accessed for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the diversity of the unmanned aerial vehicle for accessing the sensor is effectively expanded, the solution space in the ant colony algorithm is expanded, the path with smaller total energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle is found, and compared with the prior art, the cost for planning the path of the unmanned aerial vehicle is effectively reduced.
Secondly, the population of the ant colony algorithm is improved through the virtual sensor, so that the diversity of the selection of the initial position of the unmanned aerial vehicle is increased; different paths are selected according to the characteristics of a solution space to update the concentration of the pheromone, so that the phenomenon that the concentration of the pheromone on the optimal path is too high to cause the algorithm to fall into local optimization is effectively avoided, the diversity of the unmanned aerial vehicle path selection is increased, the algorithm is easier to jump out of the local optimization, and compared with the prior art, the total energy consumption of unmanned aerial vehicle path planning is effectively reduced.
Thirdly, according to the invention, the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles is updated under the condition that one unmanned aerial vehicle cannot access all the sensors through the minimum energy consumption of all the sensor nodes accessed by one unmanned aerial vehicle and the maximum energy of the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles is prevented from being increased by 1 each time, and compared with the prior art, the complexity of unmanned aerial vehicle path planning is reduced.
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Referring to fig. 1, the present invention includes the steps of:
(1a) the central controller with the coordinate position (0,0) distributed on the ground is initialized to have K unmanned aerial vehicles U ═ U { U ═ at the position O1,U2,…,Uk,…,UK}; initializing I sensors distributed on the ground as A ═ A1,A2...Ai,...AII is more than or equal to 2, the ith sensor AiHas a position coordinate of (x)i,yi) (ii) a The maximum energy of all unmanned planes is EthThe flight speed is v, and the flight energy consumption, hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption in unit time are ef、ehAnd etAt the i-th sensor AiThe time of the over-the-air hovering and the communication areK is more than or equal to 1, in order to avoid wasting unmanned aerial vehicle resources, the number of unmanned aerial vehicles in the network should not exceed the number of sensors, namely K is less than or equal to I, U is usedkDenotes the kth drone, I-40, E in this exampleth=100KJ,v=10m/s,ef=0.1KJ/s,eh=0.1KJ/s,et=0.05J/s;
(1b) K virtual sensors with the same coordinate position as the central controller O are initialized to be B ═ B1,B2...Bk,...BKAnd in order to avoid the situation that the unmanned aerial vehicle continuously accesses the virtual sensors, the distance between any two virtual sensors is set to be infinite, and all the unmanned aerial vehicles are positioned at the kth virtual sensor BkThe time of the over-the-air hovering and the communication areIn this example
(1c) Initializing ant population S ═ S containing M ants1,S2…Sm…SM},M≥50,SmRepresents the mth ant; initializing path selection coefficients to q0The pheromone volatilization factor is rho, the iteration number is iter, the maximum iteration number is iter _ max, the iter _ max is more than or equal to 2000, K is equal to 1, and the minimum total energy consumption E of the unmanned aerial vehicle is realized when K is equal to 1bestInfinity, M in this example 50, q0=0.9,ρ=0.95,iter=1,iter_max=3000;
(2a) constructing a sensor set R to be accessed by a sensor A and a virtual sensor B, wherein the set R is { A, B } R }1,R2,...,Rn,...,RNAdding a virtual sensor set to expand the range of the first sensor to be accessed selected by ants when executing the improved ant colony algorithm, so as to expand the solution space of the improved ant colony algorithm and further reduce the complexity of unmanned aerial vehicle path planning, wherein N represents the total number of the sensors to be accessed, and N is equal to I + K, RnRepresents the nth sensor to be accessed, when n is equal to [1, I ∈]When R isnRepresents the sensor when n ∈ [ I +1, I + K]When R isnRepresenting a virtual sensor;
(2b) by using PathbestRepresenting a locally optimal path set, initializationBy PathminRepresenting a set of minimum energy consumption paths, initializing
(3a) calculating every two sensors R to be accessed in the sensor set R to be accessedaAnd RbEuropean distance therebetweenThe calculation formula is as follows:
wherein the content of the first and second substances,and withRespectively representing the sensor R to be accessedaAnd RbCoordinate of (A), Ra,RbE.g. R, and when Ra=RbAt the time, set upThe method is used for avoiding data redundancy caused by repeated selection of the same sensor when ants select the sensor;
(3b) constructing an Euclidean distance matrix D corresponding to the R by NxN Euclidean distances, wherein the expression of the D is as follows:
(3c) calculating flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle between any two sensors to be accessed through the Euclidean distance matrix DSimultaneously calculating hovering energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle accesses any sensor to be accessedEnergy consumption of communication is
Step 4, initializing parameters of the improved ant colony algorithm:
define every two sensors R to be accessedaAnd RbHas a pheromone concentration ofThe path heuristic information isInitializationτ0Initial value of pheromone concentration between any two sensors to be accessed, in this example, τ 01, path heuristic informationThe calculation formula of (2) is as follows:
in the calculation process, the flying, hovering and communication energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle between two sensors to be accessed are fully considered, so that a flight path with smaller total energy consumption is found for the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedaAnd RbThe energy consumption of the flying is reduced between the two modes,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedbAnd RNThe energy consumption of the flying is reduced between the two modes,andrespectively indicate that the unmanned aerial vehicle is at the sensor R to be accessedbOverhead hover energy consumption and flight energy consumption,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedbTime of hovering over and communication, value thereof and sensor R to be accessedbThe traffic of the sensor to be accessed is divided into three types of high, medium and low in the present example, and the time required for the unmanned aerial vehicle to execute is 60s, 30s and 10s,represents arbitrary;
(5a) let m equal to 1, initialize the feasible solution set of this iterationSet of infeasible solutions
(5b) The mth ant SmThe set of sensors to be accessed is N (m) or N, and the set of sensors accessed is NV (m) is an ordered set, and one sensor R to be accessed is randomly selected from N (m)nAs SmFirst sensor to be accessed, with RstartIs labeled, and R isnFrom N (m) into V (m);
(5c) generating a random number q, q ∈ (0, 1)]And judging q and the path selection coefficient q0Whether q > q is satisfied0If yes, calculate SmFrom RnTo any one of the sensors R to be accessed in N (m)w,RwTransition probability of epsilon N (m)
And using roulette rules based on transition probabilitiesSelecting the next sensor R to be accessed in N (m)pOtherwise, directly selecting from R in N (m)nPoint out so thatThe largest one of the sensors to be accessed is used as the sensor R to be accessed nextp,
Wherein the content of the first and second substances,represents the current iteration RnAnd RwPheromone concentration between, alpha and beta respectivelyAndin the present example, α ═ 1.5, β ═ 2.5;
(5d) r is to bepMoving from N (m) to V (m), judgingIf true, R is appliedstartAdded into V (m), ensures that the first and the last sensor nodes in V (m) are the same sensor, and forms the mth ant SmPath V (m), abbreviated as mth path, is a closed path, otherwise let Rn=RpAnd performing step (5 c);
(5e) since V (m) is a closed path, according to each virtual sensor BkThe m-th path v (m) is divided into K sub-paths and allocated to K drones, the start and end positions of each sub-path are the positions of the virtual sensors, and the energy consumption of each sub-path, that is, the K-th drone, is calculatedThe energy consumption of each sub-path is the sum of the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the sub-path and the hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption of all sensors accessing the sub-path, wherein the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the sub-path is the sum of the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying between two adjacent sensors on the sub-path, and the maximum sub-path energy consumption of the mth path is marked as
(5f) Determining the maximum sub-path energy consumption of the mth pathWhether or not to satisfyIf it explains that unmanned aerial vehicle when flying along this route, can be at energyAccessing the sensor under the constraint condition, and smoothly flying back to the central controller, namely V (m) is a feasible solution, putting V (m) into a feasible solution set Path ', otherwise, the Path V (m) is an infeasible solution, and putting V (m) into an infeasible solution set Path';
(5g) if M is less than M, making M equal to M +1, executing the step (5b), otherwise, executing the step (6);
(6a) num ' is used for representing the size of the feasible solution set Path ', namely the number of feasible solutions, and the mth Path Path in the Path ' is calculatedm′Total energy consumption of last K dronesm′∈[1,Num']Are combined with each otherPerforming ascending sequence, and marking the minimum total energy consumption of the K unmanned aerial vehicles in the iteration as Ebest(iter) taking the Path corresponding to it as the local optimal Path Path of the K unmanned planesbest(iter) and adds it to the locally optimal Path set PathbestPerforming the following steps;
(6b) calculating the total energy consumption of K unmanned aerial vehicles on each Path in Path ″, and if K is 1, finding out the minimum total energy consumption E of the K unmanned aerial vehicles in the iterationmin(iter) if Emin(iter)<EbestUpdate Ebest=Emin(iter);
And 7, updating the pheromone concentration:
(7a) selecting L paths according to the numerical value of Num': if Num 'is greater than or equal to L, and L is equal to M/5, selecting the first L paths in Path', wherein the L paths are feasible solutions, updating pheromone concentrations among sensors ranked on the first L feasible solutions, and helping the algorithm to find a feasible solution with lower total energy consumption for the unmanned aerial vehicle in the next iteration; if 0 < Num ' < L, randomly selecting F ═ L-Num ' paths in Path ' and Num ' paths in Path ' to form L paths together; if Num' is 0, randomly selecting L paths in Path ", wherein the random selection is to enlarge a solution space in the next iteration, thereby helping the algorithm to find a feasible solution;
(7b) updating the concentration of pheromone between two adjacent sensors on the selected path, wherein the updating formula is as follows:
according to the total energy consumption of K unmanned aerial vehicles on the selected Path, the pheromone concentration between the sensors is updated, the smaller the total energy consumption is, the larger the increment during pheromone updating is, the Path with the smaller total energy consumption can be found for the unmanned aerial vehicles while the algorithm convergence speed is accelerated, and Path is used for the unmanned aerial vehicleslRepresents the selected ith path, L ∈ [1, L],As a Path PathlThe total energy consumption of the last K drones,show Path PathlUpper standby access sensor RcAnd RdConcentration of MesopermoninAn updated value of (d);
step 8, judging whether the iteration is finished:
judging whether iter < iter _ max is true, if yes, iter is equal to iter +1, and executing the step (5), otherwise, executing the step (9);
step 9, obtaining a path planning result of the unmanned aerial vehicle:
judging local optimal path setIf yes, indicating that the unmanned aerial vehicles in the current number cannot access all sensors under the energy constraint condition, and executing the step (10) to update the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and if not, judging that the unmanned aerial vehicles in the current number cannot access all sensors under the energy constraint conditionWill PathbestThe minimum total energy consumption mark in the unmanned aerial vehicle is E, the Path corresponding to the minimum total energy consumption mark is used as the global optimal Path of the K unmanned aerial vehicles, and the Path and the K are output;
step 10, updating the unmanned aerial vehicle set and the virtual sensor set:
judging whether K is equal to 1, if yes, makingAvoids the increase of 1 for each time of the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles, reduces invalid calculation times, reduces the calculation complexity,and (3) representing a lower limit, wherein the purpose is to ensure that the optimal solution cannot be skipped when the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles is updated, otherwise, making K equal to K +1, obtaining an updated unmanned aerial vehicle set U and a corresponding virtual sensor set B, and executing the step (2).
The technical effects of the invention are further explained by combining simulation experiments as follows:
1. simulation conditions and contents:
in a simulation experiment, the number of the sensors is respectively 30,40,50,60 and 70, the time of hovering the unmanned aerial vehicle above each sensor node is determined by the traffic of the sensor node, and the higher the traffic is, the longer the hovering time and the communication time are.
2. And (3) simulation result analysis:
referring to fig. 3, when the present invention and the existing method for planning the path of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the nearest neighbor policy are used to determine the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles to be used for accessing different numbers of sensors, the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles used in the present invention is less than the number of the unmanned aerial vehicles used in the prior art.
Referring to fig. 4, when the unmanned aerial vehicle path planning method based on the nearest neighbor strategy is adopted to plan the path for the unmanned aerial vehicle, the total energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle is obviously lower than that of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the prior art, and compared with the prior art, the total energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle is reduced, so that the cost of the unmanned aerial vehicle is reduced.
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle path planning method for minimizing the number of unmanned aerial vehicles is characterized by comprising the following steps:
(1) initializing parameters:
the central controller with the coordinate position (0,0) distributed on the ground is initialized to have K unmanned aerial vehicles U ═ U { U ═ at the position O1,U2,...,Uk,...,UK}; initializing I sensors distributed on the ground as A ═ A1,A2,...,Ai,...,AII is more than or equal to 2, the ith sensor AiHas a position coordinate of (x)i,yi) (ii) a The maximum energy of all unmanned planes is EthThe flight speed is v, and the flight energy consumption, hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption in unit time are ef、ehAnd etAt the i-th sensor AiThe time of the over-the-air hovering and the communication is ti,K≥1,UkRepresents the kth drone; k virtual sensors having the same coordinate position as that of the central controller O are initialized to B ═ B1,B2,...,Bk,...,BKThe distance between any two virtual sensors is ∞, allUnmanned aerial vehicle is at k virtual sensor BkThe time of the over-the-air hovering and the communication areInitializing an ant population S-S comprising M ants1,S2,…,Sm,…,SM},M≥50,SmRepresents the mth ant; initializing path selection coefficients to q0The pheromone volatilization factor is rho, the iteration number is iter, the maximum iteration number is iter _ max, the iter _ max is not less than 2000,let iter be 1, K be 1, let K be 1 the minimum total energy consumption E of unmanned aerial vehiclebest=∞;
(2) Constructing a sensor set to be accessed and initializing a local optimal path set:
constructing a sensor set R to be accessed by a sensor A and a virtual sensor B, wherein the set R is { A, B } R }1,R2,...,Rn,...,RNAnd initializing a local optimal path setWhere N denotes the total number of sensors to be accessed, N ═ I + K, RnRepresents the nth sensor to be accessed, when n is equal to [1, I ∈]When R isnRepresents the sensor when n ∈ [ I +1, I + K]When R isnRepresenting a virtual sensor;
(3) calculating flight energy consumption, hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle:
(3a) calculating every two sensors R to be accessed in the sensor set R to be accessedaAnd RbEuropean distance betweenAnd constructing an Euclidean distance matrix D corresponding to R through NxN Euclidean distances, wherein Ra,RbE.g. R when Ra=RbWhen it is used, orderThe expression of D is:
(3b) calculating flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle between any two sensors to be accessed through the Euclidean distance matrix DSimultaneously calculating hovering energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle accesses any sensor to be accessedEnergy consumption of communication is
(4) Parameters for initializing the improved ant colony algorithm:
define every two sensors R to be accessedaAnd RbHas a pheromone concentration ofThe path heuristic information isInitializationWherein τ is0An initial value representing the concentration of pheromones between any two sensors to be accessed,
wherein the content of the first and second substances,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedaAnd RbThe energy consumption of the flying is reduced between the two modes,indicating that the drone is at sensor R to be accessedbAnd RNThe energy consumption of the flying is reduced between the two modes,andrespectively indicate that the unmanned aerial vehicle is at the sensor R to be accessedbOverhead hover energy consumption and flight energy consumption,indicating that the drone is at the sensor R to be accessedbTime of the over-the-air hover and communication;
(5) and (3) constructing a feasible solution set and an infeasible solution set of the iteration:
(5b) The mth ant SmN (m) R, the accessed sensor setV (m) is an ordered set, and one sensor R to be accessed is randomly selected from N (m)nAs SmFirst sensor to be accessed, with RstartIs labeled, and R isnFrom N (m) into V (m);
(5c) generating a random number q, q ∈ (0, 1)]And judging q and the path selection coefficient q0Whether q > q is satisfied0If yes, calculate SmFrom RnTo any one of N (m) to-be-accessed sensor Rw,RwTransition probability of epsilon N (m)And using roulette rules based on transition probabilitiesSelecting the next sensor R to be accessed in N (m)pOtherwise, directly selecting from R in N (m)nPoint out so thatThe largest one of the sensors to be accessed is used as the sensor R to be accessed nextpWhereinRepresents the current iteration RnAnd RwPheromone concentration between, alpha and beta respectivelyAndthe degree of importance of;
(5d) r is to bepMoving from N (m) to V (m), judgingIf true, R is appliedstartAdding into V (m) to obtain mth ant SmThe path of (A) is V (m), abbreviated as mth path, otherwise, let Rn=RpAnd performing step (5 c);
(5e) according to each virtual sensor BkThe m-th path v (m) is divided into K sub-paths and allocated to K drones, the start and end positions of each sub-path are the positions of the virtual sensors, and the energy consumption of each sub-path, that is, the K-th drone, is calculatedThe energy consumption of each sub-path is the sum of flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the sub-path and hovering energy consumption and communication energy consumption for accessing all sensors on the sub-path, wherein the flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the sub-path is the sum of flight energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle flying between two adjacent sensors on the sub-path, and the maximum sub-path energy consumption of the mth path is marked as
(5f) Determining the maximum sub-path energy consumption of the mth pathWhether or not to satisfyIf yes, V (m) is a feasible solution, putting V (m) into a feasible solution set Path ', otherwise, if the Path V (m) is an infeasible solution, putting V (m) into an infeasible solution set Path';
(5g) if M is less than M, making M equal to M +1, executing the step (5b), otherwise, executing the step (6);
(6) determining a local optimal solution generated by the iteration:
(6a) num ' is used for representing the size of the feasible solution set Path ', namely the number of feasible solutions, and the mth Path Path in the Path ' is calculatedm′Total energy consumption of last K dronesAnd are aligned withPerforming ascending sequence, and marking the minimum total energy consumption of the K unmanned aerial vehicles in the iteration as Ebest(iter) taking the Path corresponding to it as the local optimal Path Path of the K unmanned planesbest(iter) and adds it to the locally optimal Path set PathbestPerforming the following steps;
(6b) calculating the total energy consumption of K unmanned aerial vehicles on each Path in Path ″, and if K is 1, finding out the minimum total energy consumption E of the K unmanned aerial vehicles in the iterationmin(iter) if Emin(iter)<EbestUpdate Ebest=Emin(iter);
(7) And (3) updating the pheromone concentration:
(7a) selecting L paths according to the numerical value of Num': if Num 'is equal to or more than L, and L is equal to M/5, selecting the first L paths in Path'; if 0 < Num ' < L, randomly selecting F ═ L-Num ' paths in Path ' and Num ' paths in Path ' to form L paths together; if Num 'is 0, then randomly selecting L paths in Path';
(7b) updating the concentration of pheromones between two adjacent sensors on the selected path;
(8) judging whether the iteration is finished:
judging whether iter < iter _ max is true, if yes, iter is iter +1, executing the step (5), and if not, executing the step (9);
(9) obtaining a path planning result of the unmanned aerial vehicle:
judging local optimal path setIf yes, go to step (10), otherwise go to PathbestThe minimum total energy consumption mark in the Path is E, the Path corresponding to the minimum total energy consumption mark is used as the global optimal Path of the K unmanned aerial vehicles, and the global optimal Path and the number K of the unmanned aerial vehicles are output;
(10) updating the unmanned plane set and the virtual sensor set:
2. A method for planning a route for unmanned aerial vehicles to minimize the number of unmanned aerial vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the pheromone concentration between two adjacent sensors on the selected route is updated in step (7b) according to the following formula:
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