A target assignment method based on Particle Swarm Optimization

The tank, as traditional land warfare equipment, has been playing an important role in the war. According to the problem that the real-time and high effectiveness are difficult to be met in target assignment of tank intelligent forces, an improved method named Population Explosion Particle Swarm Optimization (PE-PSO) is proposed. The PE-PSO introduces the "Population Explosion Operator" (PEO) which is used to disperse particles and enhance the global search ability. To enhance the local search ability, the "shadow population" is employed. At last the simulation result proves that the proposed method possesses the features of simple implementation and good search capability. Therefore, the PE-PSO can meet the demands of the real-time and high effectiveness and successfully solve the target assignment of tank intelligent forces.