ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SWARM OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BASED ON PASSIVE AND ACTIVE EXPERIMENTS

Background. Unmanned aerial vehicles are currently actively used in the military, civil and scientific spheres of activity. Due to the use of the swarm, there are opportunities to increase the efficiency of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The paper discusses the features of determining the characteristics of a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles. Materials and methods. The analysis of the solution of the problem related to the determination of homogeneous characteristics on the basis of passive and active experiments is carried out. There is a designation of conditions that are divided into two samples. Two hypotheses that meet the condition of homogeneity of components are considered. The main stages of the algorithm in passive and active experiments, on the basis of which homogeneous components are distinguished, are given. The Student's criterion and the Fisher criterion are used to form regression models. Homogeneous components were determined, and then their reduction was carried out. The critical value of the speed is determined, and the speed forecast is estimated. The degrees of polynomials that form regression models are determined. Results. Based on the approaches proposed in the work, an analysis of a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles is carried out. The analysis of the key components of the swarm was carried out, their number was reduced. The error in the forecast of cruising speeds was several percent. Conclusion. The presented approaches in the work are universal and can be applied to different swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles. The possibilities of predicting cruising speeds are shown.