中南大学学报（英文版）
中南大學學報（英文版）
중남대학학보（영문판）
Journal of Central South University
2015年
11期
4263-4273
,共11页
unmanned aerial vehicle%severe uncertainty%robust decision making%influence diagram
As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used more and more in military operations, increasing their level of autonomous decision making becomes necessary. In uncertain battlefield environments, when making sovereign decisions, UAVs must choose low-risk options. An integrated framework is proposed for UAV robust decision making in air-to-ground attack missions under severe uncertainty. In the offline part of the framework, the battlefield scenarios are analyzed and an influence diagram is built to represent the decision situation. In the online part, the UAV evaluates the alternative actions for every scenario, and then the optimal robust action is chosen, using the robust decision model. Results of simulation show that the proposed approach is feasible and effective. The framework can support UAVs in making independent robust decisions under circumstances which require immediate responses under severe uncertainty, and it can also be extended to applications in more complex situations.
