The Use of UAVs for Morphological Coastal Change Monitoring—A Bibliometric Analysis
Drones, 2023 The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in many fields of expertise has increased over recent years. As such, UAVs used for monitoring coastline changes are also becoming more frequent, more practical, and more effective, whether for conducting ...
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Optimal scheduling for refueling multiple autonomous aerial vehicles [PDF]
, 2006 The scheduling, for autonomous refueling, of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is posed as a combinatorial optimization problem. An efficient dynamic programming (DP) algorithm is introduced for finding the optimal initial refueling sequence.
Jin, Zhipu +2 more
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Unmanned Aerial Systems for Wildland and Forest Fires
, 2021 Wildfires represent an important natural risk causing economic losses, human death and important environmental damage. In recent years, we witness an increase in fire intensity and frequency.
Akhloufi, Moulay A. +2 more
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Planning UAV Activities for Efficient User Coverage in Disaster Areas [PDF]
, 2019 Climate changes brought about by global warming as well as man-made environmental changes are often the cause of sever natural disasters. ICT, which is itself responsible for global warming due to its high carbon footprint, can play a role in alleviating
Casetti, Claudio +4 more
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Flying Ad-Hoc Networks (FANETs): Review of Communications, Challenges, Applications, Future direction and Open Research Topics [PDF]
ITM Web of ConferencesAdvancements in the fields of electronics, sensors, and communication systems has enabled the development of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for various military, commercial, and civilian purposes.
Hasan Soran Ahmed +2 more
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Study of the possibilities of using unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture and for environmental protection [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 It is generally accepted that UAVs - unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones, are used only for military purposes. This is a misconception: since the 60s of the last century, Russian and American specialists have been building unmanned UAVs ...
Grishin Igor +4 more
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Mapping and classification of ecologically sensitive marine habitats using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery and object-based image analysis (OBIA) [PDF]
, 2018 Nowadays, emerging technologies, such as long-range transmitters, increasingly miniaturized components for positioning, and enhanced imaging sensors, have led to an upsurge in the availability of new ecological applications for remote sensing based on ...
Ardizzone, Domenico +4 more
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Development strategies for unmanned aerial vehicles in the construction industry [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe paper provides research on the use of modern drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for effective work in the fields of architectural design, construction management and monitoring.
Mottaeva Angela
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Optimal Transport Theory for Cell Association in UAV-Enabled Cellular Networks [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper, a novel framework for delay-optimal cell association in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled cellular networks is proposed. In particular, to minimize the average network delay under any arbitrary spatial distribution of the ground users,
Bennis, Mehdi +3 more
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A Review of the Characteristics of Modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Acta Technologica Agriculturae, 2016 The main aim of this article is to present the modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the possibilities for real-time remote monitoring of flight parameters and payload data.
Hristov Georgi Valentinov +2 more
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