Sensor planning for a symbiotic UAV and UGV system for precision agriculture

P Tokekar, J Vander Hook, D Mulla… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study two new informative path planning problems that are motivated by the use of aerial
and ground robots in precision agriculture. The first problem, termed sampling traveling …

[کتاب][B] Planning algorithms

SM LaValle - 2006‏ - books.google.com
Planning algorithms are impacting technical disciplines and industries around the world,
including robotics, computer-aided design, manufacturing, computer graphics, aerospace …

Data collection maximization in IoT-sensor networks via an energy-constrained UAV

Y Li, W Liang, W Xu, Z Xu, X Jia, Y Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study sensing data collection of IoT devices in a sparse IoT-sensor network,
using an energy-constrained Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), where the sensory data is …

A survey on algorithmic approaches for solving tourist trip design problems

D Gavalas, C Konstantopoulos, K Mastakas… - Journal of …, 2014‏ - Springer
The tourist trip design problem (TTDP) refers to a route-planning problem for tourists
interested in visiting multiple points of interest (POIs). TTDP solvers derive daily tourist tours …

Route planning algorithms for fleets of connected vehicles: State of the art, implementation, and deployment

M D'Emidio, E Delfaraz, G Di Stefano, G Frittella… - Applied Sciences, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The introduction of 5G technologies has enabled the possibility of designing and building
several new classes of networked information systems that were previously impossible to …

[کتاب][B] Handbook of approximation algorithms and metaheuristics

TF Gonzalez - 2007‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Delineating the tremendous growth in this area, the Handbook of Approximation Algorithms
and Metaheuristics covers fundamental, theoretical topics as well as advanced, practical …

Toward optimal allocation of location dependent tasks in crowdsensing

S He, DH Shin, J Zhang, J Chen - IEEE INFOCOM 2014-IEEE …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Crowdsensing offers an efficient approach to meet the demand in large scale sensing
applications. In crowdsensing, it is of great interest to find the optimal task allocation, which …

Efficient informative sensing using multiple robots

A Singh, A Krause, C Guestrin, WJ Kaiser - Journal of Artificial Intelligence …, 2009‏ - jair.org
The need for efficient monitoring of spatio-temporal dynamics in large environmental
applications, such as the water quality monitoring in rivers and lakes, motivates the use of …

Chapter 10: Vehicle routing problems with profits

C Archetti, MG Speranza, D Vigo - Vehicle routing: Problems, methods, and …, 2014‏ - SIAM
10.1▪ Introduction The key characteristic of the class of Vehicle Routing Problems with Profits
(VRPPs) is that, contrary to what happens for the most classical vehicle routing problems …

[PDF][PDF] Robust Submodular Observation Selection.

A Krause, HB McMahan, C Guestrin, A Gupta - Journal of Machine …, 2008‏ - jmlr.org
In many applications, one has to actively select among a set of expensive observations
before making an informed decision. For example, in environmental monitoring, we want to …