Cooperative Pursuit-Evasion

Overview

Pursuit-evasion problems involve one or more pursuers trying to capture one or more evaders, each acting in their own interest. My research formulates multi-agent nonlinear guidance strategies for cooperative pursuit-evasion scenarios, with theoretically guaranteed conditions for capture (by pursuers) and evasion (by the evader).

The work uses differential game theory and nonlinear guidance principles to derive strategies that are both computationally tractable and formally verifiable. Applications include cooperative interception, active aircraft defence, and autonomous vehicle coordination.

Key Contributions

• Nonlinear cooperative guidance strategies for guaranteed pursuit-evasion with multiple pursuers.

• Active aircraft defence using cooperative exact-time convergent guidance.

• Geometric guidance for enclosing and tracking moving targets.

• Formal proofs of capture guarantees under realistic vehicle constraints.

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