Optimal Routing Algorithm in Swarm Robotic Systems

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  • Moya Chen
  • James Macdonald
چکیده

As unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology improves, it will become increasingly efficient to use UAVs as part of package delivery networks. However, while the vehicle routing problem (VRP) is well studied, studying routing on a system of drones that can near-instantaneously transmit information about position, held packages, and destination while also able to near-instantaneously recieve new commands is difficult. Unlike simpler versions of the VRP, the routing problem on UAVs that we present is not only dynamic, stochastic, multi-vehicle, and capacitated, but also does not operate with a hub. This paper gives an introductory analysis of routing algorithms on package delivery systems with UAVs. We present a flexible theoretical model. We then show some saturation limits on a simplified version of the full model using a greedy algorithm.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014