Intercomparison of UAV, aircraft and satellite remote sensing platforms for precision viticulture

A Matese, P Toscano, SF Di Gennaro, L Genesio… - Remote sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
Precision Viticulture is experiencing substantial growth thanks to the availability of improved
and cost-effective instruments and methodologies for data acquisition and analysis, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Containing the COVID-19 pandemic with drones-Feasibility of a drone enabled back-up transport system

M Kunovjanek, C Wankmüller - Transport Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered common social and economic patterns as
governments all over the world have been forced to take drastic measures to counter the …

Distributed navigation in emergency scenarios: A case study on post-avalanche search and rescue using drones

SR Bassolillo, E D'Amato, M Mattei, I Notaro - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly employed in civil applications due to
their ease of use and adaptability. This paper proposes a distributed navigation strategy for …

Decentralized mesh-based model predictive control for swarms of UAVs

SR Bassolillo, E D'amato, I Notaro, L Blasi, M Mattei - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper deals with the design of a decentralized guidance and control strategy for a
swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with the objective of maintaining a given …

[PDF][PDF] Technical analysis of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for agricultural applications

F Marinello, A Pezzuolo, A Chiumenti… - Engineering for rural …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Constant technological developments of remote sensing techniques utilizing drones
(specifically of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV) are increasing spatial and temporal …

Unmanned aerial vehicle systems for disaster relief: Tornado alley

W DeBusk - AIAA Infotech@ Aerospace 2010, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle systems are currently in limited use for public service missions
worldwide. Development of civil unmanned technology in the United States currently lags …

Unmanned aerial vehicles unique cost estimating requirements

P Malone, H Apgar, S Stukes… - 2013 IEEE aerospace …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also referred to as drones, are aerial platforms that fly
without a human pilot onboard. UAVs are controlled autonomously by a computer in the …

Inspection of microwave self‐healing efficiency in carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites for aerospace applications

AB Irez - Polymer Composites, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The aerospace industry is evolving very rapidly every day, and due to the low operational
and maintenance costs, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are utilized for many duties …

An integrated real options framework for model-based identification and valuation of options under uncertainty

T Mikaelian - 2009 - dspace.mit.edu
Complex systems and enterprises, such as those typical in the aerospace industry, are
subject to uncertainties that may lead to suboptimal performance or even catastrophic …

Innovative methods for the benefit of public health using space technologies for disaster response

PC Dinas, C Mueller, N Clark, T Elgin… - Disaster medicine and …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Space applications have evolved to play a significant role in disaster relief by providing
services including remote sensing imagery for mitigation and disaster damage assessments; …