Mobile robotics has become a well-known research area in healthcare applications; as it
defines itself from general robotics, it can move in the surrounding environment which is …

Recently there has been a growing interest in mission operations scheduling problem. The
problem, in a variety of formulations, arises in management of satellite/space missions …

The fast development in the production of small, low-cost satellites is propelling an important
increase in satellite mission planning and operations projects. Central to satellite mission …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) has developed rapidly in recent years where significant
numbers of devices have been connected to the network and this will increase over the …

Vehicular Networks, including Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANETs) and Vehicular Sensor
Networks (VSNs), stimulate a brand new variety of services, ranging from driver safety …

Road accidents cause a great loss to human lives and assets. Most of the accidents occur
due to human errors, such as bad awareness, distraction, drowsiness, low training, and …

Detection of spatial clusters among geographic events in a planar space often fails in real
world practices. For example, events in urban areas often occurred on or along streets. In …

Recently, the Chinese government raised an urban planning policy which suggests
communities open their private roads for public transport and establish street networks with …

Indoor localization systems are applicable to labyrinth-like environments where mobile and
robotic operators require precise direction and location. Existing indoor localization systems …

In spatial databases, there are two basic types of queries, namely nearest neighbour queries
(kNN) and range queries. Spatial range queries are not only finding objects of interest within …