An Ad-Hoc Communication Based Distributed Particle Swarm Optimization Scheme for Cooperative AUVs Underwater Search Task

Distributed Particle Swarm Optimization (DPSO) is a powerful algorithm that can instruct a group of AUVs to conduct search operation. However, the effectiveness of DPSO is constrained by local communication. In this paper, we proposed an Ad-hoc communication strategy that can greatly extend the effectively communication range of DPSO. By utilizing the Ad-hoc communication strategy, nbest can be shared with other AUVs several hops away. The preliminary result shows the effectiveness of our proposed scheme.