Aolin Sun, Xiang Cao^*, Xu Xiao, Liwen Xu

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 551-564, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.01008 - 18 January 2021

Abstract An essential issue in a target search is safe navigation while quickly finding targets. In order to improve the efficiency of a target search and the smoothness of AUV’s (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) trajectory, a fuzzy-based bio-inspired neural network approach is proposed in this paper. A bio-inspired neural network is applied to a multi-AUV target search, which can effectively plan search paths. In the meantime, a fuzzy algorithm is introduced into the bio-inspired neural network to make the trajectory of AUV obstacle avoidance smoother. Unlike other algorithms that need repeated training in the parameters selection, the More >

Xiang Cao^1,2,3, Haichun Yu^1,3, Hongbing Sun^1,3

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 25-34, 2019, DOI:10.31209/2018.100000038

Abstract For cooperative hunting by a multi-AUV (multiple autonomous underwater vehicles) team, not only basic problems such as path planning and collision avoidance should be considered but also task assignments in a dynamic way. In this paper, an integrated algorithm is proposed by combining the self-organizing map (SOM) neural network and the Glasius Bio-Inspired Neural Network (GBNN) approach to improve the efficiency of multi-AUV cooperative hunting. With this integrated algorithm, the SOM neural network is adopted for dynamic allocation, while the GBNN is employed for path planning. It deals with various situations for single/multiple target(s) hunting More >