Journal Article

A Multi-Constraint Guidance and Maneuvering Penetration Strategy via Meta Deep Reinforcement Learning

Zhu, Jianwen, Sun, Haifeng, Bao, Weimin, Li, Xiaoping, Zhao, Sibo

2023

Overview

In response to the issue of UAV escape guidance, this study proposed a unified intelligent control strategy synthesizing optimal guidance and meta deep reinforcement learning (DRL). Optimal control with minor energy consumption was introduced to meet terminal latitude, longitude, and altitude. Maneuvering escape was realized by adding longitudinal and lateral maneuver overloads. The Maneuver command decision model is calculated based on soft-actor–critic (SAC) networks. Meta-learning was introduced to enhance the autonomous escape capability, which improves the performance of applications in time-varying scenarios not encountered in the training process. In order to obtain training samples at a faster speed, this study used the prediction method to solve reward values, avoiding a large number of numerical integrations. The simulation results demonstrated that the proposed intelligent strategy can achieve highly precise guidance and effective escape.

• Publisher: MDPI AG
• Subject: Adaptability / Algorithms / Control systems / Deep learning / Defense / Drone aircraft / Energy consumption / Game theory / gliding flight / Longitude / Maneuvers / meta-learning / multi-constraint optimal guidance / Optimal control / Reinforcement learning (Machine learning) / SAC networks / Simulation / UAV penetration / Unmanned aerial vehicles / Velocity