A Hybrid BA - VNS Algorithm for Solving the Weapon Target Assignment Considering Mobility of Resources

This study discusses the modelling, allocating, and scheduling in weapon target assignment (WTA) considering the mobility of weapons and targets.We provide a two-level mathematical model for this problem.A model is provided for each level, each of these two models has its objective function, and the two decision makers (defender and attacker) are unaware of each other's objective function.To solve the mathematical model in small sizes, IBM ILOG CPLEX software is used.For solving medium-and large-sized problems, a hybrid BA-VNS algorithm, which is a combination of the Bees Algorithm (BA) and Variable Neighbourhood Search (VNS) algorithm, is proposed.The Taguchi method is used to set parameters of the BA-VNS algorithm.The computational results show that the BA-VNS algorithm has the least error with the exact solution results.Also, the BA-VNS Algorithm has a good performance in solving medium and large sizes of problems.