The Central Intelligence Agency’s armed Remotely Piloted Vehicle-supported counter-insurgency campaign in Pakistan – a mission undermined by unintended consequences? [PDF]
, 2014 This paper views America's 'drones-first' counter-insurgency effort in Pakistan through the lens of Merton's theory of the unintended consequences of purposive action.
Bennett, Simon
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Appropriate Drone Flight Altitude for Horse Behavioral Observation
Drones, 2021 Recently, drone technology advanced, and its safety and operability markedly improved, leading to its increased application in animal research. This study demonstrated drone application in livestock management, using its technology to observe horse ...
Tomoko Saitoh, Moyu Kobayashi
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Real-time collision-free landing path planning for drone deliveries in urban environments
ETRI Journal, 2023 This study presents a novel safe landing algorithm for urban drone deliveries. The rapid advancement of drone technology has given rise to various delivery services for everyday necessities and emergency relief efforts.
Hanseob Lee, Sungwook Cho, Hoon Jung
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The Effect of Data Augmentation in Deep Learning with Drone Object Detection
IJCCS (Indonesian Journal of Computing and Cybernetics Systems), 2023 Drone object detection is one of the main applications of image processing technology and pattern recognition using deep learning. However, the limited drone image data that can be accessed for training detection algorithms is a challenge in the ...
Ariel Yonatan Alin +2 more
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Optimal allocation of defibrillator drones in mountainous regions [PDF]
, 2019 Responding to emergencies in Alpine terrain is quite challenging as air ambulances and mountain rescue services are often confronted with logistics challenges and adverse weather conditions that extend the response times required to provide life-saving ...
Hungerländer, Philipp +5 more
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Usage and acceptance of drone technology in healthcare : exploring patients and physicians perspective [PDF]
, 2019 Modern technologies such as virtual reality, robots or drones are getting more and more important for organizations. Accordingly, the question arises in which industries these technologies can make a difference.
Krey, Mike, Seiler, Roger
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Backhaul-aware Robust 3D Drone Placement in 5G+ Wireless Networks [PDF]
, 2017 Using drones as flying base stations is a promising approach to enhance the network coverage and area capacity by moving supply towards demand when required.
Kalantari, Elham +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 In a resource-constrained world, there is ongoing concern over the exploitation and potential future shortage of Earth’s natural resources. In this paper, we present the results of two pilot studies in which we used drone technology with spatial mapping ...
Adi Mager, Vered Blass
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Recent Development of Drone Technology Software Engineering: A Systematic Survey
IEEE AccessThe drone technology field has received attention and witnessed numerous impressive advancements that heralded substantial changes and opened new possibilities in different industries.
Ngoc-Bao-van Le +3 more
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Forensic Aesthetics for Militarized Drone Strikes: Affordances for Whom, and for What Ends?
Media Theory, 2019 Drawing upon the critical scholarship on drone warfare, this article argues that drones' mistargeting of civilians is neither exception nor error but is instead intrinsic to the rationale behind militarized drone strikes.
Özgün Eylül Iscen
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