The problems of mission planning for UAVs fleets are subject of intensive research. Their roots go back to the well-known extensions of VRP addressing the routing and scheduling of …
Drones can play a game-changing role in reducing both cost and time in the context of last- mile deliveries. This paper addresses the last-mile delivery problem from a complex system …
X Zhu, L Lin, Y Huang, X Wang, Y Que… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ensuring the stability and security of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication, especially during long-distance missions, is essential for safeguarding against potential …
Z Bao, Z Zhang, C Xie - Transportation research part C: emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unmanned vehicles have been widely used for sensing, surveillance, surveying, communication, transportation, and many other purposes. Navigation is always an essential …
W Liu, SK Lyu, T Liu, YT Wu, Z Qin - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Forest fires often pose serious hazards, and the timely monitoring and extinguishing of residual forest fires using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can prevent re-ignition and …
W Liu, L Liu, X Qi - European Journal of Operational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Drones have been increasingly used for deliveries; however, delivering packages directly to customers is still challenging, particularly in densely populated urban areas. To overcome …
In the rapidly expanding field of e-commerce logistics, the optimisation of last-mile delivery solutions is paramount. This paper introduces a novel methodology that addresses this …
M Ragab, A Altalbe… - … , Materials & Continua, 2022 - academia.edu
The smart city comprises various interlinked elements which communicate data and offers urban life to citizen. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones were commonly employed …
M Gharib, F Afghah, E Bentley - IEEE INFOCOM 2021-IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperative UAV networks are becoming increasingly popular in military and civilian applications. Alas, the typical ad-hoc routing protocols, which aim at finding the shortest …