{"title":"Safety Analysis and Prediction of UAVs Aerial Refueling Docking Based on Deep Learning Data-Driven Method","authors":"Bin Hang;Shuai Liang;Pengjun Guo;Bin Xu","doi":"10.1109/JSYST.2025.3546476","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) is essential for both military and civilian applications, but the docking phase poses significant safety risks due to complex environmental conditions that cannot be fully captured by precise mathematical models. This article proposes a data-driven docking predictive model that integrates variational mode decomposition (VMD), sparrow search algorithm (SSA), and long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks. First, a comprehensive simulation platform for the entire AAR docking system is established to generate reliable data. Then, to address the complex nature of AAR docking signals, VMD decomposes the data into modes with distinct natural frequencies, enhancing input accuracy. SSA optimizes the LSTM parameters, improving prediction accuracy and avoiding local minima. Based on these predictions, a docking safety evaluation network is developed to assess docking safety and prevent failures or collisions. Finally, the performance comparison with other models demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach in diverse scenarios.","PeriodicalId":55017,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Systems Journal","volume":"19 2","pages":"529-540"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Systems Journal","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10931120/","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) is essential for both military and civilian applications, but the docking phase poses significant safety risks due to complex environmental conditions that cannot be fully captured by precise mathematical models. This article proposes a data-driven docking predictive model that integrates variational mode decomposition (VMD), sparrow search algorithm (SSA), and long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks. First, a comprehensive simulation platform for the entire AAR docking system is established to generate reliable data. Then, to address the complex nature of AAR docking signals, VMD decomposes the data into modes with distinct natural frequencies, enhancing input accuracy. SSA optimizes the LSTM parameters, improving prediction accuracy and avoiding local minima. Based on these predictions, a docking safety evaluation network is developed to assess docking safety and prevent failures or collisions. Finally, the performance comparison with other models demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach in diverse scenarios.
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This publication provides a systems-level, focused forum for application-oriented manuscripts that address complex systems and system-of-systems of national and global significance. It intends to encourage and facilitate cooperation and interaction among IEEE Societies with systems-level and systems engineering interest, and to attract non-IEEE contributors and readers from around the globe. Our IEEE Systems Council job is to address issues in new ways that are not solvable in the domains of the existing IEEE or other societies or global organizations. These problems do not fit within traditional hierarchical boundaries. For example, disaster response such as that triggered by Hurricane Katrina, tsunamis, or current volcanic eruptions is not solvable by pure engineering solutions. We need to think about changing and enlarging the paradigm to include systems issues.