Anicho, Ogbonnaya and Charlesworth, Philip B and Baicher, Gurvinder S and Nagar, Atulya K. and Buckley, N (2019) Comparative Study for Coordinating Multiple Unmanned HAPS for Communications Area Coverage. In: The 2019 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, June 11-14, 2019, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Abstract
This work compares the application of Reinforcement
Learning (RL) and Swarm Intelligence (SI) based
methods for resolving the problem of coordinating multiple High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) for communications area coverage. Swarm coordination techniques are essential for developing autonomous capabilities for multiple HAPS/UAS control and management. This paper examines the performance
of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of RL and
SI for autonomous swarm coordination. In this work, it was observed that the RL approach showed superior overall peak user coverage with unpredictable coverage dips; while the SI based approach demonstrated lower coverage peaks but better coverage stability and faster convergence rates.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Ogbonnaya Anicho |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2019 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2020 14:43 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/2885 |
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