Optimization for drone and drone-truck combined operations: A review of the state of the art and future directions

SH Chung, B Sah, J Lee - Computers & Operations Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper surveys the state-of-the-art optimization approaches in the civil application of
drone operations (DO) and drone-truck combined operations (DTCO) including construction …

Optimization approaches for civil applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aerial drones: A survey

A Otto, N Agatz, J Campbell, B Golden, E Pesch - Networks, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or aerial drones, are an emerging technology with
significant market potential. UAVs may lead to substantial cost savings in, for instance …

Overview and current status of remote sensing applications based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

G Pajares - Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is presently in continuous development at a rapid pace.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or more extensively Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) …

Analysis of barriers to implement drone logistics

B Sah, R Gupta, D Bani-Hani - International Journal of Logistics …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Companies are adopting innovative methods for responsiveness and efficiency in the
logistics sector. The implementation of drones in logistics sector is a move in this direction …

Autonomous cooperative search model for multi-UAV with limited communication network

B Fei, W Bao, X Zhu, D Liu, T Men… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, the multi-UAV cooperative
search has wide applications in the field of Internet of Things, such as resource exploration …

Multi-AUV target search based on bioinspired neurodynamics model in 3-D underwater environments

X Cao, D Zhu, SX Yang - IEEE transactions on neural networks …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Target search in 3-D underwater environments is a challenge in multiple autonomous
underwater vehicles (multi-AUVs) exploration. This paper focuses on an effective strategy for …

Multi-UAV cooperative search based on reinforcement learning with a digital twin driven training framework

G Shen, L Lei, X Zhang, Z Li, S Cai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the cooperative search for stationary targets by multiple unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) with limited sensing range and communication ability in a dynamic …

Multi-AUV cooperative target search and tracking in unknown underwater environment

X Cao, H Sun, GE Jan - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
For target search and tracking in unknown underwater environment, an integrated algorithm
for a cooperative team of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (Multi-AUV) is proposed …

Optimal UAV route planning for coverage search of stationary target in river

P Yao, Z Xie, P Ren - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, we focus on the offline route planning of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the
coverage search mission in a river region. Given the prior likelihood distribution of area …

An improved potential game theory based method for multi-UAV cooperative search

J Ni, G Tang, Z Mo, W Cao, SX Yang - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been widely used in a variety of application, and the
target search is one of the hot issues in the UAV research fields. Compared with the single …