@inproceedings{b9163a0d93b445569299083794ceebb8,
title = "An Efficient Multi-agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient-Based 3D Dynamic Coverage Algorithm",
abstract = "This work studies the problem of dynamic coverage control of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the 3 dimensional (3D) environment. In this work, an efficient multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient-based dynamic surface coverage (MADDPG-DSC) algorithm is proposed. In MADDPG-DSC, a digital elevation-based surface area calculation method is introduced to effectively allocate the points of interest (PoIs). Next, a cooperative trajectory control policy with multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient is developed to guide the UAVs. Comparing with existing works, MADDPG-DSC shows better performance in terms of larger coverage rate, higher connectivity and lower energy consumption.",
keywords = "3D coverage, connectivity, energy consumption, MADDPG, UAV",
author = "Wei Zhang and Lei Lei and Lijuan Zhang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.; 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Communication and Intelligent Technology, IoTCIT 2023 ; Conference date: 22-09-2023 Through 24-09-2023",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-97-2757-5_9",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789819727568",
series = "Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "81--89",
editor = "Jian Dong and Long Zhang and Deqiang Cheng",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Communication and Intelligent Technology",
address = "Germany",
}
