Perception-based Co-evolutionary Reinforcement Learning for UAV Sensor Allocation

Abstract

In this project, we have formulated the problem of sensor allocation in a team of UAVs within a mathematical programming framework. A Perception-based reasoning approach based on co-evolutionary reinforcement learning was developed for jointly addressing sensor allocation on each individual UAV and allocation of a team of UAVs in the geographical search space. An elaborate problem setup was simulated and experimented with, for testing and analysis of this framework using the Player-Stage multi-agent simulator. This simulator was developed jointly at the USC Robotics Research Lab and HRL Labs.The experimental results demonstrated a very strong performance of our methodology for UAV sensor allocation problem domains. Our results indicate that not only it is feasible to use perception-based reinforcement learning for this problem but it is an adequate solution for many typical UAV teams.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA411839

Entities

People

  • Hamid R. Berenji

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Application Software
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Learning
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Motion Planning
  • Perception
  • Range Finders
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotics
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Operations Research

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers