New integrated routing and surveillance model with drones and charging station considerations

F Zandieh, SF Ghannadpour, MM Mazdeh - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cash/valuables routing is vulnerable to attacks and robberies, so it is essential to prioritize
transport security. This research employs a surveillance drone approach to enhance the …

Integrated ground vehicle and drone routing with simultaneous surveillance coverage for evading intentional disruption

F Zandieh, SF Ghannadpour, MM Mazdeh - Transportation Research Part …, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to examine the use of drones to provide transportation security
during times of intentional disruption. Due to the nature of valuable goods, their …

Heuristic drone pathfinding over optimized charging station grid

KI Kilic, L Mostarda - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We proposed a novel optimisation framework for drone-based operations which consists of
the optimised Charging Station (CS) grid and the pathfinding heuristics for the drone. The …

Adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for the Unmanned aerial vehicle routing problem with recharging

J Shi, H Mao, Z Zhou, L Zheng - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
The applications of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in both civilian and military fields are
drawing increasing attention recently. This paper investigates a new routing problem of …

[HTML][HTML] Drone routing problem model for last-mile delivery using the public transportation capacity as moving charging stations

A Moadab, F Farajzadeh, O Fatahi Valilai - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The fast and cost-efficient delivery of goods ordered online is logistically a challenging
problem. Many firms are looking for ways to cut delivery times and costs by exploring …

Unmanned-aerial-vehicle routing problem with mobile charging stations for assisting search and rescue missions in postdisaster scenarios

RG Ribeiro, LP Cota, TAM Euzébio… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent technological breakthroughs have allowed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be
utilized in a broad range of new operations. Among these various applications, herein, we …

A solution to drone routing problems using docking stations for pickup and delivery services

M Pachayappan, V Sudhakar - Transportation Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper proposes a mathematical model and a heuristic solution for planning optimal
pickup and delivery routes in drone operations. In the proposed system, the drone is …

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 …

JRCS: Joint routing and charging strategy for logistics drones

MY Arafat, S Moh - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are currently being used to
combat the COVID-19 pandemic through applications, including the delivery of medical …

[HTML][HTML] A new truck-drone routing problem for parcel delivery by considering energy consumption and altitude

M Momeni, SMJM Al-e-Hashem… - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The high population density in metropolitan areas, high-rise buildings, and changes in
people's lifestyles have completely changed the way postal packages are delivered. People …