A path planning method based on improved particle swarm optimization algorithm

In order to improve the efficiency and reduce energy consumption of unmanned sailing boats for water quality inspection and sampling, particle swarm optimization was used for global path planning. The traditional particle swarm optimization algorithm has the problem of premature convergence because it is easy to fall into the local optimal solution. To solve this problem, an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed. Based on the traditional particle swarm optimization algorithm, the crossover and mutation operations in genetic algorithm are introduced. Firstly, the particle swarm was initialized and the fitness of the particle was calculated, and the individual optimal value and local optimal value were updated. Then crossover and mutation operations are introduced to update the particle velocity and position according to the results. Finally, the convergence of the algorithm is judged according to the decision criteria. The simulation results show that compared with the traditional particle swarm optimization algorithm, this algorithm can effectively avoid the algorithm falling into the local optimal solution, and greatly shorten the overall path length and reduce path planning time.