Route Assessment for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on Cloud Model

Xixia Sun, Chao Cai, Jie Yang and Xubang Shen

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2014, vol. 2014, 1-13

Abstract:

An integrated route assessment approach based on cloud model is proposed in this paper, where various sources of uncertainties are well kept and modeled by cloud theory. Firstly, a systemic criteria framework incorporating models for scoring subcriteria is developed. Then, the cloud model is introduced to represent linguistic variables, and survivability probability histogram of each route is converted into normal clouds by cloud transformation, enabling both randomness and fuzziness in the assessment environment to be managed simultaneously. Finally, a new way to measure the similarity between two normal clouds satisfying reflexivity, symmetry, transitivity, and overlapping is proposed. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed route assessment approach outperforms fuzzy logic based assessment approach with regard to feasibility, reliability, and consistency with human thinking.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1155/2014/518120

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