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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper investigates a problem of collaborative human-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
search for missing tourists. A mathematical model including detection stage and rescue …

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 …

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 …

This study develops an online unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path‐planning strategy for
autonomous search and localisation of targets in a risky environment that simultaneously …