The use of drones, formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has significantly
increased across a variety of applications over the past few years. This is due to the rapid …

Fighting Earth's degradation and safeguarding the environment are subjects of topical
interest and sources of hot debate in today's society. According to the United Nations, there …

Coordination of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms has received significant attention
due to its wide practical applications including search and rescue, cooperative exploration …

Wildfires represent a significant natural risk causing economic losses, human death and
environmental damage. In recent years, the world has seen an increase in fire intensity and …

As fires grow in intensity and frequency each year, so has the resistance from their anthropic
victims in the form of firefighting technology and research. Although it is impossible to …

In this paper, we aim to design an autonomous tracking system for a swarm of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) to localize a radio frequency (RF) mobile target. In the system, UAVs …

Flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) play a crucial role in numerous military and civil
applications since it shortens mission duration and enhances coverage significantly …

Smoke has semi-transparency property leading to highly complicated mixture of background
and smoke. Sparse or small smoke is visually inconspicuous, and its boundary is often …

Destructive wildfires result in billions of dollars in damage each year and are expected to
increase in frequency, duration, and severity due to climate change. The current state-of-the …

In dynamic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, localization and clustering are
fundamental functions for cooperative control. In this article, we propose bio-inspired …