Active sensing for search and tracking: A review

L Varotto, A Cenedese, A Cavallaro - arxiv preprint arxiv:2112.02381, 2021 - arxiv.org
Active Position Estimation (APE) is the task of localizing one or more targets using one or
more sensing platforms. APE is a key task for search and rescue missions, wildlife …

Evolutionary collaborative human-UAV search for escaped criminals

YJ Zheng, YC Du, HF Ling, WG Sheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for target searching in complex environments
has increased considerably in recent years. The numerous studies on UAV search methods …

Target search on road networks with range-constrained UAVs and ground-based mobile recharging vehicles

KEC Booth, C Piacentini, S Bernardini… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study a range-constrained variant of the multi-UAV target search problem where
commercially available UAVs are used for target search in tandem with ground-based …

Evolutionary planning of multi-UAV search for missing tourists

YC Du, MX Zhang, HF Ling, YJ Zheng - IEEE access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, there have been increasing reports of missing tourists around the world. The
use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can significantly improve the performance of …

Resilience evaluation for UAV swarm performing joint reconnaissance mission

C Cheng, G Bai, YA Zhang, J Tao - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The resilience of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm is its joint capability to resist
possible threat, adapt to disruptive events, and restore its intended performance under a …

[LIBRO][B] Intelligent autonomy of UAVs: advanced missions and future use

YB Sebbane - 2018 - books.google.com
Intelligent Autonomy of UAVs: Advanced Missions and Future Use provides an approach to
the formulation of the fundamental task typical to any mission and provides guidelines of …

An iterated greedy heuristic for collaborative Human-UAV search of missing tourists

Y Xu, X Li, X Meng, W Zhang - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a problem of collaborative human-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
search for missing tourists. A mathematical model including detection stage and rescue …

Optimization of Pesticide Spraying Tasks via Multi‐UAVs Using Genetic Algorithm

H Luo, Y Niu, M Zhu, X Hu, H Ma - Mathematical Problems in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Task allocation is the key factor in the spraying pesticides process using unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), and maximizing the effects of pesticide spraying is the goal of optimizing …

Person finding: An autonomous robot search method for finding multiple dynamic users in human-centered environments

SC Mohamed, S Rajaratnam… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot search for multiple dynamic users within a multi-room environment is important for
social robots to find and engage in various human-robot interaction scenarios with these …

Planning, execution, and adaptation for multi-robot systems using probabilistic and temporal planning

Y Carreno, JHA Ng, Y Petillot… - … Agents and Multiagent …, 2022 - researchportal.hw.ac.uk
Planning for multi-robot coordination during long horizon missions in complex environments
need to consider resources, temporal constraints, and uncertainty. This could be …