Distributed UAV formation control using differential game approach

    Authors

    W. Lin

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Aerosp. Sci. Technol.

    Keywords

    Formation control; Differential games; Distributed control; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; COORDINATION; FLIGHT; Engineering, Aerospace

    Abstract

    This paper considers a formation control problem for a multiple-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) system where each UAV is able to exchange information with other UAVs according to a fixed information graph. In this paper, each UAV tries to minimize its own performance index which is chosen independently based on its local information. Because of the UAVs' different objectives, the formation control problem is formulated and solved as a differential game problem. Realizing the incapability of the classical Nash strategy approach in dealing with the distributed information, we propose a novel open-loop Nash strategy design approach for each UAV to implement in a fully distributed manner through estimating its terminal state. An illustrative example of a five-UAV formation control problem is solved under different scenarios. (c) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Aerospace Science and Technology

    Volume

    35

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    54

    Last Page

    62

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000336953200005

    ISSN

    1270-9638

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