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Genetic Fuzzy based Artificial Intelligence for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Control in Simulated Air Combat Missions
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Artificial IntelligenceFuzzy SystemsEngineeringFlying RobotAutonomous SystemsIntelligent SystemsUnmanned VehicleUnmanned Aircraft ControlAerospace SystemsAir Vehicle SystemUnmanned SystemSystems EngineeringFuzzy LogicIntelligent ControlComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligencesAviation SystemsAerial RoboticsAerospace EngineeringFlight Control SystemsGenetic Fuzzy
Genetic fuzzy systems, particularly the Genetic Fuzzy Tree, enable fuzzy‑logic AI to tackle highly complex problems with extreme performance, computational efficiency, robustness to uncertainty, adaptability, safety verification, and ease of design. This white paper introduces ALPHA, an AI that controls unmanned combat aerial vehicle flights in simulated air‑combat missions. ALPHA implements a genetic fuzzy AI to govern UAV operations within an extreme‑fidelity simulation environment. ALPHA represents the most complex application of fuzzy‑logic AI to UAV control, was praised by Colonel Gene Lee as aggressive, responsive, dynamic, and credible, and demonstrates the method’s suitability for a wide array of complex problems.
Breakthroughs in genetic fuzzy systems, most notably the development of the Genetic Fuzzy Tree methodology, have allowed fuzzy logic based Artificial Intelligences to be developed that can be applied to incredibly complex problems. The ability to have extreme performance and computational efficiency as well as to be robust to uncertainties and randomness, adaptable to changing scenarios, verified and validated to follow safety specifications and operating doctrines via formal methods, and easily designed and implemented are just some of the strengths that this type of control brings. Within this white paper, the authors introduce ALPHA, an Artificial Intelligence that controls flights of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles in aerial combat missions within an extreme-fidelity simulation environment. To this day, this represents the most complex application of a fuzzy-logic based Artificial Intelligence to an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle control problem. While development is on-going, the version of ALPHA presented withinwas assessed by Colonel (retired)Gene Lee who described ALPHA as “the most aggressive, responsive, dynamic and credible AI (he’s) seen-to-date.” The quality of these preliminary results in a problem that is not only complex and rife with uncertainties but also contains an intelligent and unrestricted hostile force has significant implications for this type of Artificial Intelligence. This work adds immensely to the body of evidence that this methodology is an ideal solution to a very wide array of problems.