Pattern-driven reinforcement learning for tactically traceable kill chain decision making in air combat
摘要
Effective organization of kill chains in modern air–sea combat necessitates decision-making that is not only intelligent and adaptive but also strictly trustworthy. While deep reinforcement learning (DRL) offers potential for dynamic coordination, its inherent opacity and sparse rewards often yield tactically irrational behaviors and unstable convergence. To bridge this gap, we propose the pattern-driven reinforcement learning (PDRL) framework, which synergizes a novel sliding window closed frequent stream mining algorithm with DRL. Instead of relying on static rules, PDRL dynamically extracts intrinsic causal temporal dependencies from combat streams and embeds them as behavioral constraints via a hybrid reward mechanism. This effectively aligns the opaque agent with tactically traceable logic. Simulations in high-fidelity anti-missile scenarios demonstrate that PDRL doubles the interception success rate (stabilizing at 0.40–0.45 vs. 0.20 baseline) and significantly maximizes the Integrity Score of protected assets. By bridging data-driven adaptability with knowledge-guided operational controllability, this framework provides a robust paradigm for reliable autonomous decision-making in complex kill webs.