Unmanned aerial vehicle assisted communication: applications, challenges, and future outlook

Y Li, Y Bi, J Wang, Z Li, H Zhang, P Zhang - Cluster Computing, 2024 - Springer
With the advancement of wireless communication technology, the number of wireless
network terminals has exploded, and various new business scenarios have emerged. The …

[HTML][HTML] Policy challenges for coordinated delivery of trucks and drones

S Wang, C Zheng, S Wandelt - Journal of the Air Transport Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of drone technology promises to revolutionize the transportation industry.
Particularly, the combination of drones with ground vehicles has tremendous advantages for …

Deep Reinforcement Learning Enabled Multi-UAV Scheduling for Disaster Data Collection With Time-Varying Value

P Wan, G Xu, J Chen, Y Zhou - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The congestion and disruption of information infrastructures frequently happen during
disasters, which would hinder the understanding of disaster scenarios, and thus impede …

Dynamic collaborative truck-drone delivery with en-route synchronization and random requests

H Cui, K Li, S Jia, Q Meng - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Coordinated truck and drone delivery is gaining popularity in logistics as it can greatly
reduce operation costs. However, existing studies on related operations management …

3D Hover Location and Drone Routing Optimization for One-to-Many Continuous Wireless Charging Problem

X Zhou, J Xu, T Guo, S Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The internet of things presents a significant economic value potential, where sensors play a
crucial role in its infrastructure. However, the restricted electricity of sensors limits the …

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning-based truck-drone collaborative routing with dynamic emergency response

W Peng, D Wang, Y Yin, TCE Cheng - Transportation Research Part E …, 2025 - Elsevier
In emergency disaster response, the dynamic nature and uncertainty of resource
transportation pose significant challenges for vehicle routing planning. We address a truck …

[PDF][PDF] Survey of the Routing Problem for Cooperated Trucks and Drones

S Dang, Y Liu, Z Luo, Z Liu, J Shi - Drones, 2024 - preprints.org
The emerging working mode of coordinated trucks and drones has demonstrated significant
practical potential in various fields, including logistics and delivery, intelligence surveillance …

A matheuristic solution for efficient scheduling in dynamic truck–drone collaboration

J Zhao, Y Long, B Xie, G Xu, Y Liu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2025 - Elsevier
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have great potential for emergency response
operations in areas with vulnerable road networks and infrastructure. However, the low …

Facility location decisions for drone delivery with riding: A literature review

O Dukkanci, JF Campbell, BY Kara - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive literature survey on facility location problems for drone
(uncrewed vehicle) delivery in situations where drones can ride in or on other vehicles. This …

An ellipse-based locating method for flexible deployment of emergency UAVs

J Zhao, L Yu, B Xie - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are gaining attention in emergency
response for their rapid mobility in dynamic scenarios. Constrained by limited endurance …