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7 Citations
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11 November 2023

In this paper, we consider the cooperative decision-making problem for multi-target tracking in multi-agent systems using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning algorithms. Multi-agent multi-target pursuit has faced new challenges in practical appli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Deep Learning Techniques)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,665 Views
23 Pages

27 October 2014

In this paper, we explore a new resource called multi-target diversity to optimize the performance of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar with widely separated antennas for detecting multiple targets. In particular, we allocate antennas of th...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,702 Views
14 Pages

17 November 2020

The regional allocation of carbon emission quotas is of great significance to realize the carbon emission target. Basing on the combination of the multi-index method and the improved equal-proportion distribution method, and fully considering the dif...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,593 Views
22 Pages

Joint Power and Bandwidth Allocation with RCS Fluctuation Characteristic for Space Target Tracking

  • Qingwei Yang,
  • Libing Jiang,
  • Shuyu Zheng,
  • Yingjian Zhao and
  • Zhuang Wang

10 August 2023

Reasonable allocation of space-based radar resources is a crucial aspect of improving the accuracy of space multi-target tracking and enhancing spatial awareness. The conventional resource allocation algorithm fails to exploit the high dynamic radar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radar for Space Observation: Systems, Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
730 Views
18 Pages

22 May 2026

Cognitive radar has been developed to use feedback from its operating environment, obtained from a beam, to make resource allocation decisions by solving optimization problems. Previous works focused on target tracking accuracy by designing an evalua...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
613 Views
21 Pages

25 May 2026

The size of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm and the capabilities of each individual in the swarm are critical determinants of mission effectiveness in multi-target encirclement. This paper proposes a framework for strategic force allocation du...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Optimization Strategies for UAV Mission Planning and Operation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,025 Views
25 Pages

30 March 2022

For the problem of joint beam selection and power allocation (JBSPA) for multiple target tracking (MTT), existing works tend to allocate resources only considering the MTT performance at the current tracking time instant. However, in this way, it can...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radar Signal Processing for Target Tracking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,591 Views
22 Pages

Uncertain Sensor–Weapon–Target Allocation Problem Based on Uncertainty Theory

  • Guangjian Li,
  • Guangjun He,
  • Mingfa Zheng and
  • Aoyu Zheng

7 January 2023

The sensor–weapon–target allocation (S-WTA) is a typical collaborative task allocation problem involved in network-centric warfare (NCW). The existing related studies have a limitation to the nature of cooperation and uncertainty in an ai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Set Theory and Uncertainty Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,389 Views
16 Pages

A Task Allocation Method for Multi-AUV Search and Rescue with Possible Target Area

  • Chang Cai,
  • Jianfeng Chen,
  • Muhammad Saad Ayub and
  • Fen Liu

Task allocation is crucial for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) collaboration in multi-AUV maritime search and rescue missions. In real projects, there are possible target areas existing in task areas, which are not expected to be divided. Motivat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology Advances in Ocean Observation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,304 Views
24 Pages

Resource Allocation of Netted Opportunistic Array Radar for Maneuvering Target Tracking under Uncertain Conditions

  • Qinghua Han,
  • Weijun Long,
  • Zhen Yang,
  • Xishang Dong and ,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Fei Wang and
  • Zhiheng Liang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 September 2024

The highly dynamic properties of maneuvering targets make it intractable for radars to predict the target motion states accurately and quickly, and low-grade predicted states depreciate the efficiency of resource allocation. To overcome this problem,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Array and Signal Processing for Radar)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,896 Views
24 Pages

1 June 2022

Radar network configuration and power allocation are of great importance in military applications, where the entire surveillance area needs to be searched under resource budget constraints. To pursue the joint antenna placement and power allocation (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications and New Trends in Metrology for Radar/LiDAR-Based Systems II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,504 Views
24 Pages

23 September 2022

The weapon target allocation (WTA) problem is a crucial issue in anti-missile command decisions. However, the current anti-missile weapon target allocation models ignore the dynamic complexity, cooperation, and uncertainty in the actual combat proces...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,148 Views
39 Pages

25 February 2023

The traditional power allocation method for multi-target localization adopts the Robust Chance Constrained Power Allocation Scheme (RCC-PA), which does not consider the strong clutter characteristics in the current radar detection environment. Howeve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,931 Views
25 Pages

12 February 2020

In this paper, a joint adaptive sampling interval and power allocation (JASIPA) scheme based on chance-constraint programming (CCP) is proposed for maneuvering target tracking (MTT) in a multiple opportunistic array radar (OAR) system. In order to co...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,911 Views
17 Pages

11 August 2022

In this paper, with the aim of performing joint multi-target localization and discrimination tasks, a performance-driven resource allocation scheme is proposed. In the first, by establishing the signal model under deception jamming and utilizing the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Small or Moving Target Detection with Advanced Radar System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,608 Views
18 Pages

24 January 2017

Firstly, we introduce the “Zero Sum Gains” game theory into the SBM (Slacks-based Measure) model, and establish the ZSG-SBM model. Then, set up 4 development scenarios for the China’s economic system in “13·5” (The Chinese government formulates a Fiv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Governance in Northeast Asia: Challenges for Sustainable Frontier)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,972 Views
28 Pages

3 July 2023

This paper develops a collaborative trajectory planning and resource allocation (CTPRA) strategy for multi-target tracking (MTT) in a spectral coexistence environment utilizing airborne radar networks. The key mechanism of the proposed strategy is to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Radar Systems for Target Detection and Tracking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
350 Views
33 Pages

Multi-UAV Target Allocation via Matrix Game Reduction and Eigen-Crossover Differential Evolution

  • Yidong Liu,
  • Dali Ding,
  • Huan Zhou,
  • Mulai Tan and ,
  • Qi Zhang and
  • Panpan Han
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 September 2026

To address the challenge of dynamic target allocation in multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial games, this paper proposes a hierarchical solution method that combines matrix game dimensionality reduction with the Eigen-Crossover Differential Evo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,137 Views
13 Pages

24 September 2020

This paper addresses the fusion processing techniques for multi-sensor data perceived through the infrared sensors of military surveillance robots, and proposes their decision-theoretic coordination to effectively monitor multiple targets. To combine...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Real-Time Control of Embedded Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,272 Views
30 Pages

28 December 2024

Infrared small target detection technology has received extensive attention due to its advantages in long-distance monitoring. However, there is much room for improvement in its performance due to complex backgrounds and the lack of distinct features...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Detection-Oriented Multi-Sensor Fusion Beyond the Visible Spectrum)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,173 Views
21 Pages

10 November 2024

In response to the saturated attacks by low, slow, and small UAV swarms, there is currently a lack of effective countermeasures. Counter-UAV swarm technology is an important issue that urgently requires breakthroughs. This paper conducts research on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,870 Views
18 Pages

Task allocation for specialized unmanned robotic agents is addressed in this paper. Based on the assumptions that each individual robotic agent possesses specialized capabilities and that targets representing the tasks to be performed in the surround...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Robots and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,372 Views
19 Pages

21 January 2017

In order to realize the national carbon intensity reduction target, China has decided to establish a unified national carbon emissions trading market in 2017. At the initial stage, eight industrial sectors will be covered in the carbon market and the...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
322 Views
25 Pages

8 September 2026

In resource-constrained unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) infrared image transmission, infrared small targets usually occupy only a small number of pixels, while conventional uniform resource allocation strategies fail to consider the semantic difference...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue UAV Communications in the 6G Era: From Near-Field Theory to Intelligent Networking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,439 Views
19 Pages

21 October 2020

To solve the problem of dwell time management for multiple target tracking in Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) radar network, a Nash bargaining solution (NBS) dwell time allocation algorithm based on cooperative game theory is proposed. This algori...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radio Sensing and Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,340 Views
14 Pages

21 December 2016

Radar networks are proven to have numerous advantages over traditional monostatic and bistatic radar. With recent developments, radar networks have become an attractive platform due to their low probability of intercept (LPI) performance for target t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Multi-Sensor Information Fusion: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,785 Views
20 Pages

31 July 2023

This paper studies a coalition game theoretic power allocation algorithm for multi-target detection in radar networks based on low probability of intercept (LPI). The main goal of the algorithm is to reduce the total radiated power of the radar netwo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Radar Systems for Target Detection and Tracking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,492 Views
15 Pages

24 October 2025

Targeted poverty alleviation is a major national initiative in China. The Hotan region, located within the four prefectures of Southern Xinjiang, is one of the 14 contiguous poverty-stricken areas in China as well as a quintessential inland arid zone...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,217 Views
21 Pages

12 October 2024

When multi-dynamic target UAVs escape, the uncertainty of the formation method and the external environment causes difficulties in rounding them up, so suitable solutions are needed to improve the roundup success rate. However, traditional methods ca...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,933 Views
19 Pages

24 October 2021

As radio-frequency (RF) based wireless energy harvesting technology can provide remote and continuous power to low-power devices, e.g., wireless sensors, it may be a substitute for batteries and extend the lifetime of the wireless sensor networks. In...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,589 Views
14 Pages

21 November 2011

Swarms of robots can use their sensing abilities to explore unknown environments and deploy on sites of interest. In this task, a large number of robots is more effective than a single unit because of their ability to quickly cover the area. However,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Collaborative Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,376 Views
19 Pages

Allocation of the Carbon Emission Abatement Target in Low Carbon Supply Chain Considering Power Structure

  • Fang Huang,
  • Honghua Hu,
  • Han Song,
  • Haiyan Li and ,
  • Shasha Zhang and
  • Jia Zhai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 July 2023

The proposal of China’s dual carbon strategy is not only a kind of pressure but also an opportunity for enterprises. Both upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain pay more attention to carbon emission reduction, and consumers are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Resources and Environmental Management for Regional High-Quality Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,806 Views
30 Pages

The effective defense of sparsely populated border islands, surrounded by a multifaceted sea, against enemy infiltration poses a crucial problem in national defense. One possible solution is to deploy multiple unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to form...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,182 Views
19 Pages

An EEG Study of the Influence of Target Appearing in the Upper and Lower Visual Fields on Brain Attention Resource Allocation

  • Han Li,
  • Jialin Xu,
  • Junpeng Sheng,
  • Huilin Zhou and ,
  • Zhen Liu,
  • Yahui Li,
  • Jingyan Hu and
  • Guokun Zuo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Visuospatial selective attention can focus attention on a certain spatial area and rationally allocate attentional resources during visual target perception. Previous studies investigated the behavioral advantages of subjects when the target appeared...

(This article belongs to the Section Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,980 Views
34 Pages

8 November 2025

In this paper, we propose a cooperative security method for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) based on the Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MADDPG) algorithm to address the scenario of unauthorized rog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,925 Views
20 Pages

8 November 2023

For underwater target exploration, multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have shown significant advantages over single AUVs. Aiming at Multi-AUV task allocation, which is an important issue for collaborative work in underwater environments,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Artificial Intelligence in Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,490 Views
21 Pages

2 March 2020

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) cluster is gradually attracting more attention, which takes advantage over a traditional single manned platform. Because the size of the UAV platform limits the transmitting power of its own radar, how to reduce the...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,571 Views
20 Pages

The mathematical framework presented in this article focuses on the controlled-transmission protocol’s asynchronous process of bandwidth allocation for the target virtual connection implemented under competition for communication resources. The...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
402 Views
26 Pages

A Joint Spatio-Temporal Resource Allocation Algorithm for Multi-Target ISAR Imaging in a Radar Network Based on Utility Maximization

  • Dan Wang,
  • Jiaqi Niu,
  • Linge Sun,
  • Jia Liang and ,
  • Ying Luo and
  • Qun Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 October 2026

Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging enables high-resolution two-dimensional reconstruction of non-cooperative moving targets, serving as a crucial tool for radar target recognition and situational awareness. The radar network faces the co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Imaging Radar Signal Processing, Target Feature Extraction and Recognition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,178 Views
18 Pages

An Improved Q-Learning-Based Sensor-Scheduling Algorithm for Multi-Target Tracking

  • Zhiyi Qu,
  • Xue Zhao,
  • Huihui Xu,
  • Hongying Tang and ,
  • Jiang Wang and
  • Baoqing Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 September 2022

Target tracking is an essential issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Compared with single-target tracking, how to guarantee the performance of multi-target tracking is more challenging because the system needs to balance the tracking resource fo...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
294 Views
21 Pages

26 September 2026

Object detection in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based visual sensing is important for aerial monitoring and intelligent perception. However, UAV imagery often contains small and densely distributed objects, complex backgrounds, and substantial scal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in UAVs’ GN&C (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) Technologies: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,040 Views
28 Pages

17 July 2024

The proliferation of electronic countermeasure (ECM) technology has presented military radar with unprecedented challenges as it remains the primary method of battlefield situational awareness. In this paper, a joint antenna scheduling and power allo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Array and Signal Processing for Radar)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,667 Views
16 Pages

2 August 2017

This paper presents a novel low probability of intercept (LPI) optimization framework in radar network by minimizing the Schleher intercept factor based on minimum mean-square error (MMSE) estimation. MMSE of the estimate of the target scatterer matr...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,383 Views
21 Pages

17 May 2025

For radar system tracking, a higher radar echo signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) implies a higher tracking accuracy. However, in a countermeasures environment, increasing the transmit power of a radar may not lead to a higher SINR due to...

(This article belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,000 Views
31 Pages

12 December 2025

Multi-UAV search missions for prioritized targets under constrained communications suffer from weak communication-decision integration, limited global perception synchronization, and delayed mission response. This paper formulates multi-UAV collabora...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Applications of UAVs in Search and Rescue: Improving Safety and Effectiveness)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,418 Views
21 Pages

Formation Cooperative Intelligent Tactical Decision Making Based on Bayesian Network Model

  • Junxiao Guo,
  • Jiandong Zhang,
  • Zihan Wang,
  • Xiaoliang Liu and ,
  • Shixi Zhou,
  • Guoqing Shi and
  • Zhuoyong Shi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 August 2024

This paper proposes a method based on a Bayesian network model to study the intelligent tactical decision making of formation coordination. For the problem of formation coordinated attack target allocation, a coordinated attack target allocation mode...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue UAV Trajectory Generation, Optimization and Cooperative Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
898 Views
24 Pages

VAM-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Jamming Task Allocation

  • Yulian Song,
  • Xiaoshuai Li,
  • Yang Pan,
  • Hongwei Liu and
  • Junan Yang

5 February 2026

This paper addresses the cooperative jamming task allocation problem for multiple jammers against multiple communication targets in dynamic electronic warfare environments. Traditional algorithms struggle with adaptability and slow decision-making. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry/Asymmetry in Optimization Algorithms and Systems Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,025 Views
18 Pages

Dynamic Multi-Target Self-Organization Hunting Control of Multi-Agent Systems

  • Shouzhong He,
  • Liangshun Wang,
  • Mingming Liu,
  • Weifeng Liu and
  • Zhihai Wu

30 April 2024

In this paper, we present a novel coordinated method tailored to address the dynamic multi-target hunting control problem in multi-agent systems, offering significant practical value. Our approach encompasses several key components: initially, we int...

(This article belongs to the Topic Agents and Multi-Agent Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,573 Views
33 Pages

23 December 2025

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pursuit–evasion game is the fundamental framework for promoting autonomous decision-making and collaborative control of multi-UAV systems. Faced with the limitations of current deep reinforcement learning metho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Distributed Control, Optimization, and Game of UAV Swarm Systems (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
474 Views
32 Pages

Reinforcement Learning-Based Soft–Hard Damage Cooperative Task Allocation and Optimization Method for Multi-Laser Systems Against UAV Swarms

  • Jingyi Zhang,
  • Lin Zhang,
  • Bo Zhang,
  • Wenfeng Wang and ,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Lan Yao,
  • Lin Cui and
  • Mingang Zhang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

To address the dynamic target allocation and resource scheduling problems of multiple High-Energy Laser Systems (HELSs) in defending critical infrastructure against large-scale heterogeneous UAV swarm penetration, this paper proposes a soft–har...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)

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