The response time to emergency situations in urban areas is considered as a crucial key in
limiting material damage or even saving human lives. Thanks to their “bird's eye view” and …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered one of the most promising emerging
technologies to support rescue teams in disaster management and relief operations …

This article presents a vision for future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-assisted disaster
management, considering the holistic functions of disaster prediction, assessment, and …

With the increase of population and the fast growth of private vehicle ownership in urban
areas, many roads have become more congested than ever before. The road traffic …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are an emerging technology with the potential to
be used in industries and various sectors of human life to provide a wide range of …

In this paper, we study the employment of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to
monitor Points of Interests (PoIs) in a disaster area, eg, collapsed buildings after an …

Due to the dynamic nature of connectivity in terrestrial vehicular networks, it is of great
benefit to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in these networks to act as relays. As a …

Autonomous inspection of large geographical areas is a central requirement for efficient
hazard detection and disaster management in future cyber-physical systems such as smart …

Reliable and flexible emergency communication is a key challenge for search and rescue in
the event of disasters, especially for the case when base stations are no longer functioning …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming an attractive solution for road traffic
monitoring because of their mobility, low cost, and broad view range. Up to now, existing …