Cooperative Organization and Application Mechanism Based on Intention Environment Target for Maritime Ship-Aircraft Cooperation

As the complexity of the maritime application environment increases, the traditional fleet-based application system relying solely on manned ship is inadequate to meet growing demands. To address this issue, the collaborative application between ship-borne unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and manned ships is necessary. However, as the degree of intelligence of ship-borne UAVs cannot make decisions fully by itself, an effective ship-aircraft cooperative decision-making architecture mechanism is required. This paper proposes a collaborative decision-making mechanism and organization based on the strategy-tactics-mission architecture to enable effective ship-aircraft cooperative decision-making in modern maritime ship-aircraft cooperative application. This paper clarifies the concept of modern maritime ship-aircraft cooperative decision-making and analyzes the objectives and demands of this approach based on intention, environment, and objectives. Based on these requirements, a collaborative decision-making mechanism and organization are established using a strategy-tactics-mission architecture. A collaborative decision-making goal system is proposed, and a collaborative decision-making phase is divided into unilateral and multilateral decision-making processes. A collaborative operational decision-making model mechanism is constructed, which includes both the unilateral and multilateral decision-making processes. Finally, a typical maritime multi-ship aircraft collaborative scenario is established based on the proposed collaborative decision-making mechanism. The paper models the six stages of collaborative decision-making based on the strategy-tactics-mission framework, including both the unilateral and multilateral collaborative decision-making processes between ship-borne UAVs and manned ships.