Multi-unmanned aerial vehicle odor source location based on improved artificial fish swarm algorithm

Abstract

Odor source location technology has important application value in environmental monitoring, safety emergency and search and rescue operations. For example, it can be used in post-disaster search and rescue, detection of hazardous gas leakage, and fire source detection. Existing odor source location methods have problems such as low search efficiency, inability to adapt to complex environments, and inaccurate odor source location. In this study, based on unmanned aerial vehicle technology and using swarm intelligence optimization algorithm, an improved artificial fish swarm algorithm (IAFSA) is proposed by combining curiosity in psychology on the basis of retaining the good optimization performance of the artificial fish swarm algorithm. The algorithm quantifies the curiosity of artificial fish searching high-concentration areas through a model, dynamically adjusts the artificial fish field of vision and step length with the calculated curiosity factor, and avoids the oscillation phenomenon in the later stage of the algorithm. Simulation results show that the IAFSA has a higher success rate and smaller location error. Finally, odor source location experiments were carried out in an indoor physical environment, the feasibility of the odor source location method proposed in this study is verified in actual scenarios.