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Abstract
In this paper, a novel multi-orbit circumnavigation control law is proposed for a group of UAVs with arbitrary angular spacing based on local information. By constructing the actual relative velocity and the ideal relative velocity in three dimensional space, the circumnavigation control problem of moving target is first transformed into a relative velocity tracking problem. Further, to remove the limitation that the UAVs require the global information of the moving target, the corresponding fixed-time convergent estimators with the cyclic directed graph are developed. Based on these distributed estimators and relative kinematics equations, the dynamic linear feedback is introduced to derive the distributed control law. At the same time, the angular spacing update law and the circumnavigation radius coefficient are designed, so that the UAVs can circumnavigate on multi-orbit with any angular spacing. Finally, the exponential stability of the control law is proved by Lyapunov method, and the effectiveness of the control law is verified by five examples.
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The proposed journal, called the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), is committed to timely publishing of peer-reviewed technical articles that deal with the theory and applications of network science and the interconnections among the elements in a system that form a network. In particular, the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering publishes articles on understanding, prediction, and control of structures and behaviors of networks at the fundamental level. The types of networks covered include physical or engineered networks, information networks, biological networks, semantic networks, economic networks, social networks, and ecological networks. Aimed at discovering common principles that govern network structures, network functionalities and behaviors of networks, the journal seeks articles on understanding, prediction, and control of structures and behaviors of networks. Another trans-disciplinary focus of the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering is the interactions between and co-evolution of different genres of networks.