Development of a method for controlling unmanned aircraft systems taking into account the IP code in the task of cargo transportation

The paper is devoted to the development of a method for controlling unmanned aerial systems taking into account the IP code in the task of cargo transportation. A short review of works devoted to methods and algorithms of group control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in cargo transportation is carried out. New mathematical models and method of control of heterogeneous group of UAVs in the task of cargo transportation are proposed. The basis for their development is the consideration of the IP code for the formation of meteorological constraints of the route network. The first and second characteristic digits of the IP code allowed us to determine the limitations of the influence of rain, snow and snowdrifts. These phenomena can have serious consequences for UAVs in flight, leading them to various kinds of malfunctions. The decision maker (DM) can select the UAV for the mission with the required IP code digits, thus reconfiguring the unmanned aerial system (UAS) and forming more effective solutions from the management point of view. A computational experiment is conducted to confirm this statement. For the considered areas, the application of the new method, taking into account the IP code for the UAV, allows to improve the efficiency estimation in comparison with the existing method.