A Modified RL-IGWO Algorithm for Dynamic Weapon-Target Assignment in Frigate Defensing UAV Swarms
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
UAV swarms have significant advantages in cost, number and intelligence, constituting a serious threat to traditional frigate air defense systems. Ship-borne short-range anti-air weapons undertake terminal defense tasks against UAV swarms. In traditional air defense fire control systems, a Dynamic Weapon Target Assignment (DWTA) is disassembled into several Static Weapon Target Assignments (SWTAs), but the relationship between DWTAs and SWTAs is not supported by effective analytical proof. Based on the combat scenario between a frigate and UAV swarms, a model-based reinforcement learning framework was established, and a DWAT problem was disassembled into several Static Combination Optimization (SCO) problems by means of the dynamic programming method. In addition, several Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) operators and an Opposition-Based Learning (OBL) operator were designed to enhance the global search ability of the original Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), thereby solving SCO problems. An improved grey wolf algorithm based on reinforcement learning (RL-IGWO) was established for solving DWTA problems in the defense of frigates against UAV swarms. The experimental results show that RL-IGWO had obvious advantages in both the decision-making time and solution quality. A couple of references from this journal should be included in reference section. The following references should be added in reference section:
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Reviewer 2 Report
The paper has a good potential for being appreciated and cited, but it requires some improvements and also extensions.
The main motivation of this study must be clarified in the introduction section to facilitate future readers. And then they can find the main idea and how the given problem has been solved. Try to put your contribution in a challenge and solution manner, in which you show the problem of the existing studies and your solution which is the new contribution point.
About the literature review, each paper should clearly specify what is the proposed methodology, novelty, and results with experimentation. At the end of related works, highlight in some lines what overall technical gaps are observed in existing works, that led to the design of the proposed approach. To better delineate the context and the different possible solutions, you can consider the following papers as references: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/18/2250 and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0957417421012598.
The future scope of the methodology should be extended/highlighted.
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Thank you in spite of being very busy to review my manuscript.Your comments are very helpful and thoughtful for me.Please see the attachment.
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2022.5.24
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The future scope of the methodology should be extended/highlighted. Improve the conclusion, and clarify the conclusion of this article with its significance for follow-up research. Moreover, to better delineate the context and the different possible solutions, as suggested in the previous revision, the authors should consider other similar approaches.
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