Communication Delays in the Cooperative Control of Wide Area Search Munitions via Iterative Network Flow

Abstract : A communication model is incorporated into the MultiUAV simulation package for wide area search munitions. This model is used to study the effect of communication delays on the performance of an iteractive network flow optimization model that results in a sequence of linear programs for the optimal allocation of consecutive assignments. Fixed communication delays are considered. The resulting delayed system performance is compared to the performance of a system with a perfect communications model for a set of vehicle-target scenarios to determine the effect on attack and verify task completion.