Machine learning-aided operations and communications of unmanned aerial vehicles: A contemporary survey

H Kurunathan, H Huang, K Li, W Ni… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have provided pervasive, efficient,
and cost-effective solutions for data collection and communications. Their excellent mobility …

Eyes in the sky: drones applications in the built environment under climate change challenges

N Bayomi, JE Fernandez - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the diverse applications of drone technologies in the built environment
and their role in climate change research. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Elevating healthcare: Rapid literature review on drone applications for streamlining disaster management and prehospital care in Saudi Arabia

AM Al-Wathinani, MA Alhallaf, M Borowska-Stefańska… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Saudi Arabia's health sector faces pressing challenges in disaster and prehospital care
delivery, such as prolonged response times, limited access to remote areas, and strained …

Structure-from-Motion 3D Reconstruction of the Historical Overpass Ponte della Cerra: A Comparison between MicMac® Open Source Software and Metashape®

M Cutugno, U Robustelli, G Pugliano - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the performance of free-and-open-source software (FOSS) for image
processing has significantly increased. This trend, as well as technological advancements in …

A robust uav-ugv collaborative framework for persistent surveillance in disaster management applications

MS Mondal, S Ramasamy, JD Humann… - 2024 International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are fast, agile, and capable of covering large areas
quickly but are constrained by their limited fuel capacities. In contrast, Unmanned Ground …

Drone-based Bug Detection in Orchards with Nets: A Novel Orienteering Approach

F Betti Sorbelli, F Coró, SK Das, L Palazzetti… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The use of drones for collecting information and detecting bugs in orchards covered by nets
is a challenging problem. The nets help in reducing pest damage, but they also constrain the …

Harnessing UAV technology and YOLOv9 algorithm for real-time forest fire detection

M Bakirci, I Bayraktar - 2024 International Russian Automation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Climate change poses a pressing global challenge, precipitating significant natural disasters
such as uncontrollable forest fires, droughts, and floods. These calamities exact severe tolls …

Drone evaluation and selection for training in disaster preparedness phases with Interval MCDA Techniques

Z Göktekin, AB Şimşek - Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The success of drones in disaster operations has enabled this technology to become an
essential part of disaster management. The operational effectiveness of drones is directly …

Induced attack on synchronization trajectory against a wide-area network with hybrid event-triggered communication

TV Pham, QTT Nguyen - Systems & Control Letters, 2025 - Elsevier
This article addresses the attacker's perspective on an induced attack strategy against wide-
area networks of clustered multi-agent systems. In contrast to most existing attacks, our …

An adaptive deblurring vehicle detection method for high-speed moving drones: resistance to shake

Y Liu, J Wang, T Qiu, W Qi - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vehicle detection is an essential part of an intelligent traffic system, which is an important
research field in drone application. Because unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are rarely …