Multidepot UAV Routing Problem with Weapon Configuration and Time Window

In recent wars, there is an increasing trend that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are utilized to conduct military attacking missions. In this paper, we investigate a novel multidepot UAV routing problem with consideration of weapon configuration in the UAV and the attacking time window of the targe...

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Main Authors: Tianren Zhou, Jiaming Zhang, Jianmai Shi, Zhong Liu, Jincai Huang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7318207
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description In recent wars, there is an increasing trend that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are utilized to conduct military attacking missions. In this paper, we investigate a novel multidepot UAV routing problem with consideration of weapon configuration in the UAV and the attacking time window of the target. A mixed-integer linear programming model is developed to jointly optimize three kinds of decisions: the weapon configuration strategy in the UAV, the routing strategy of target, and the allocation strategy of weapons to targets. An adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) algorithm is proposed for solving the problem, which is tested by randomly generated instances covering the small, medium, and large sizes. Experimental results confirm the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed ALNS algorithm.
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spelling doaj-art-21dd62841bcd433d8d0a68783dd786cd2025-08-20T03:17:58ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952018-01-01201810.1155/2018/73182077318207Multidepot UAV Routing Problem with Weapon Configuration and Time WindowTianren Zhou0Jiaming Zhang1Jianmai Shi2Zhong Liu3Jincai Huang4Science and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaScience and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaScience and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaScience and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaScience and Technology on Information Systems Engineering Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaIn recent wars, there is an increasing trend that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are utilized to conduct military attacking missions. In this paper, we investigate a novel multidepot UAV routing problem with consideration of weapon configuration in the UAV and the attacking time window of the target. A mixed-integer linear programming model is developed to jointly optimize three kinds of decisions: the weapon configuration strategy in the UAV, the routing strategy of target, and the allocation strategy of weapons to targets. An adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) algorithm is proposed for solving the problem, which is tested by randomly generated instances covering the small, medium, and large sizes. Experimental results confirm the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed ALNS algorithm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7318207
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Multidepot UAV Routing Problem with Weapon Configuration and Time Window
Journal of Advanced Transportation
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