Dynamic Task Planning for Heterogeneous Platforms via Spatio-Temporal and Capability Dual-Driven Framework

Dynamic task planning for heterogeneous platforms across land, sea, air, and space is essential for achieving integrated situational awareness, yet current systems suffer from limited spatiotemporal coverage and inefficient resource scheduling. To address these challenges, we propose a novel mission planning method that integrates spatiotemporal segmentation with Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL). The approach establishes a multidimensional spatiotemporal decomposition model to break down complex observation scenarios into manageable subtasks, while incorporating a unified accessibility–visibility computation framework that accounts for Earth curvature, platform dynamics, and sensor constraints. Using a Spatio-Temporal Adaptive Scheduling Network (STAS-Net) algorithm optimized with a multi-objective reward function covering mission completion rate, temporal coordination, and residual detection capacity, the method enables intelligent coordination of heterogeneous platforms. Experimental results across small-, medium-, and large-scale scenarios demonstrate that the proposed framework consistently achieves high target coverage (up to 98.4% in small-scale and 89.7% in large-scale tasks), with a reduction in coverage loss that is only about half of that exhibited by greedy and genetic algorithms as task scale expands. Moreover, STAS-Net maintains low planning time (as low as 9.5 s in small-scale and only 18.3 s in large-scale scenarios) and high resource utilization (reaching 86.8% under large-scale settings), substantially outperforming both baseline methods in scalability and scheduling efficiency. The framework not only establishes a solid theoretical foundation but also provides a practical and feasible solution for enhancing the overall performance of multi-platform cooperative observation systems.