Battery Electric Vehicle Traveling Salesman Problem with Drone

T Zhu, SD Boyles, A Unnikrishnan - Networks and Spatial Economics, 2024 - Springer
The idea of deploying electric vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known
as drones, to deliver packages in logistics operations has attracted increasing attention in …

Drone routing problem with swarm synchronization

H Li, F Wang, Z Zhan - European Journal of Operational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The advantages of rotary-wing drone (RWD) delivery modes have already been delineated.
However, single-unit RWDs do not completely solve real problems in last-mile parcel …

An effective memetic algorithm for UAV routing and orientation under uncertain navigation environments

S Xiang, L Wang, L Xing, Y Du - Memetic Computing, 2021 - Springer
Navigation correction is usually frequently required by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
especially under uncertain navigation environments. Although the UAV's straight flights that …

Dynamic decision making for situational awareness using drones: Requirements, identification and comparison of decision support methods

DJ Duxbury, NW Paton, JA Keane - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Decision makers increasingly operate in real-time information-rich environments, where
limited time is available for interpreting data to inform decisions. These environments are …

Collaboration of thermal sensors and drones in fighting wildfires; Mathematical model and heuristic approach

M Momeni, SMJM Al-e - Internet of Things, 2024 - Elsevier
The forest temperature is monitored utilizing thermal sensors. In the event of a temperature
increase, these sensors promptly notify firefighters, enabling timely intervention against fires …

A hybrid large neighborhood search algorithm for solving the multi depot UAV swarm routing problem

X Li, P Li, Y Zhao, L Zhang, Y Dong - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on a modified Multi-Depot Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problem
(MMDUAVRP). Comparing to classic multi-depot vehicle routing problem, our studied …

Aerial drone fleet deployment optimization with endogenous battery replacements for direct delivery of time-sensitive products

TH Bhuiyan, V Walker, M Roni, I Ahmed - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerial drones offer a distinct potential to reduce the delivery time and energy consumption
for the delivery of time-sensitive and small products. However, there is still a need in the …

Integrated design of unmanned aerial mobility network: A data-driven risk-averse approach

W Hou, T Fang, Z Pei, QC He - International Journal of Production …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose an integrated design problem of Unmanned Aerial Mobility
Network (UAMN), which includes airport location selection (strategic decision) and routes …

Node and edge drone surveillance problem with consideration of required observation quality and battery replacement

IK Singgih, J Lee, BI Kim - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our study introduces a drone routing problem in which drones fly to capture photos for
surveillance purposes after a disaster. The drones perform observations on nodes and …

Evolutionary multi-objective deep reinforcement learning for autonomous UAV navigation in large-scale complex environments

G An, Z Wu, Z Shen, K Shang, H Ishibuchi - Proceedings of the Genetic …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Autonomous navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in large-scale complex
environments presents a significant challenge in modern aerospace engineering, as it …