Decision making on autonomous underwater vehicle choice for effective functioning in the group

The problem is considered of choosing the sample of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) among the variety of types of existing underwater vehicles for use in groups. In contrast to the particular vehicle sample choice upon its contribution to the group functioning efficiency, the approach is suggested that takes into account the way the AUVs are organized within the group. The mathematical model is developed of the functioning of the group; the fuzzy logic is applied to form the efficiency parameter. Different variants of group organization (rank, swarm, flock, multi-agent system) are considered on the example of task solution of water basin survey. The advisability is shown on the results of the numerical experiment of taking into account not only the individual contribution of each vehicle to the group efficiency, but the way they are organized within the group as well.