The drone scheduling problem: A systematic state-of-the-art review

J Pasha, Z Elmi, S Purkayastha… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones are receiving popularity with time due to their advanced mobility. Although they were
initially deployed for military purposes, they now have a wide array of applications in various …

Efficiency of UAV-based last-mile delivery under congestion in low-altitude air

R She, Y Ouyang - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies have motivated logistics carriers to
seek last-mile parcel delivery through the air so as to benefit from its convenience and …

Deep learning and blockchain with edge computing for 5G-enabled drone identification and flight mode detection

A Gumaei, M Al-Rakhami, MM Hassan, P Pace… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, drones are not just deployed for defense and military establishments, but they
are widely used in many applications such as natural disaster monitoring, soil and crop …

Drone-Based Delivery Systems: A Survey on Route Planning

G Attenni, V Arrigoni, N Bartolini, G Maselli - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever-increasing demand for urban delivery services significantly exacerbates the traffic
conditions on our already overly congested urban streets. The problem is even worsened by …

Vehicle and UAV collaborative delivery path optimization model

J Li, H Liu, KK Lai, B Ram - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the context of frequent public emergencies, emergency logistics distribution is particularly
critical, and because of the unique advantages of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the …

[HTML][HTML] Urban Air Logistics with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Double-Chromosome Genetic Task Scheduling with Safe Route Planning

M Rinaldi, S Primatesta, M Bugaj, J Rostáš, G Guglieri - Smart Cities, 2024 - mdpi.com
Highlights What are the main findings? Developed a combined task scheduling and path
planning framework for enabling optimized and safe drone delivery services in an urban …

Secured multi-dimensional robust optimization model for remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) delivery network based on the SORA standard

A Mahmoodi, L Hashemi, J Laliberté, RC Millar - Designs, 2022 - mdpi.com
The range of applications of RPAs in various industries indicates that their increased usage
could reduce operational costs and time. Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) can be …

Efficient route selection for drone-based delivery under time-varying dynamics

A Khanda, F Corò, FB Sorbelli… - 2021 IEEE 18th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of drones can be a valuable solution for the problem of delivering goods for many
reasons. In fact, they can be efficiently employed in time-critical situations when there is a …

A bayesian optimization approach for multi-function estimation for environmental monitoring using an autonomous surface vehicle: Ypacarai lake case study

F Peralta, DG Reina, S Toral, M Arzamendia, D Gregor - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bayesian optimization is a sequential method that can optimize a single and costly objective
function based on a surrogate model. In this work, we propose a Bayesian optimization …

Modeling quarantine during epidemics and mass-testing using drones

L Sedov, A Krasnochub, V Polishchuk - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We extend the classical SIR epidemic spread model by introducing the “quarantined”
compartment. We solve (numerically) the differential equations that govern the extended …