The use of drones, formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has significantly
increased across a variety of applications over the past few years. This is due to the rapid …

Advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) and aviation sector have resulted in the emergence
of smart airports. Services and systems powered by the IoT enable smart airports to have …

This article provides a comprehensive survey of pioneer and state-of-the-art localization
algorithms based on the mobility of the network. The basic concepts of the localization task …

In recent years, there have been increasing reports of missing tourists around the world. The
use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can significantly improve the performance of …

The climate and weather dynamics in the past few years has driven a massive increase in
the number and intensity of flood disasters, which severely claim casualties in human, goods …

Search and Rescue operations in emergency response to natural or human catastrophes
have the main objective of locating and rescuing potential victims as fast as possible, thus …

Navigation in an unknown environment without any preexisting positioning infrastructure
has always been hard for mobile robots. This paper presents a self-deployable ultra …

The widespread adoption of technology-enhanced learning in various knowledge
disciplines has pushed forward the development of information technology-assisted media …

A crucial problem in post-flood recovery actions is the ability to rapidly establish
communication and collaboration among rescuers to conduct timely and effective search …

Swarm-robotic approaches to search and target localization, where target sources emit a
spatially varying signal, promise unparalleled time efficiency and robustness. With most …