Exploring unmanned aerial systems operations in wildfire management: data types, processing algorithms and navigation

P Keerthinathan, N Amarasingam… - … Journal of Remote …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Wildfire, also known as forest fire, is a common natural or man-made disaster that has
caused devastation to both man-made structures and natural ecosystems throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] A UAV-Swarm-Communication Model Using a Machine-Learning Approach for Search-and-Rescue Applications

H Khalil, SU Rahman, I Ullah, I Khan, AJ Alghadhban… - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a UAV-swarm-communication model using a machine-learning
approach for search-and-rescue applications. Firstly, regarding the communication of UAVs …

[HTML][HTML] Fbc-anet: A semantic segmentation model for uav forest fire images combining boundary enhancement and context awareness

L Zhang, M Wang, Y Ding, T Wan, B Qi, Y Pang - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forest fires are one of the most serious natural disasters that threaten forest resources. The
early and accurate identification of forest fires is crucial for reducing losses. Compared with …

State-of-the-Art and Future Research Challenges in UAV Swarms

S Javed, A Hassan, R Ahmad, W Ahmed… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to their potential to accomplish complicated missions more effectively, UAV swarms
have attracted a lot of attention lately. UAV swarm offers enhanced intelligence, improved …

[HTML][HTML] UAV4PE: An open-source framework to plan UAV autonomous missions for planetary exploration

J Galvez-Serna, F Vanegas, S Brar, J Sandino… - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for planetary exploration missions require
increased onboard mission-planning and decision-making capabilities to access full …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient Detection of Forest Fire Smoke in UAV Aerial Imagery Based on an Improved Yolov5 Model and Transfer Learning

H Yang, J Wang, J Wang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forest fires pose severe challenges to forest management because of their unpredictability,
extensive harm, broad impact, and rescue complexities. Early smoke detection is pivotal for …

Assessment of methods for propeller performance calculation at high incidence angles

LF Fernandez, M Bronz, N Bartoli… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2283. vid Accurately modelling
propulsion systems is of paramount importance for both design and control of aerial …

DCP and VarDis: An Ad-Hoc Protocol Stack for Dynamic Swarms and Formations of Drones--Extended Version

S Pell, A Willig - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.01570, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recently, swarms or formations of drones have received increased interest both in the
literature and in applications. To dynamically adapt to their operating environment, swarm …

A Novel Approach to Feasible Optimal Cooperative Search and Coverage for Wildfire Emergency Management

B Ebrahimi, AA Bataleblu, J Roshanian… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel near non-dominated solution approach for distributed
cooperative search and coverage (CSC) in uncertain environments for wildfire emergency …

Using a semi-autonomous drone swarm to support wildfire management–a concept of operations development study

H Karvonen, E Honkavaara, J Röning, V Kramar… - … Conference on Human …, 2023 - Springer
This paper provides insights into a human factors-oriented Concept of Operations (ConOps),
which can be applied for future semi-autonomous drone swarms to support the management …