Academic Articles & Research Papers

Deep reinforcement learning to enhance the energy-efficient performance of UAV-enabled F-RAN

Fog radio access network (F-RAN) is suitable for Internet of things applications of national important industries, such as pipeline network monitoring in wide area.However, the performance of the F-RAN based on the territorial fog access po...

Intelligent Distribution-Network Fault Handling via Cross-Modal Semantic Fusion and Knowledge-Graph Reasoning

Power distribution network fault handling imposes stringent requirements on both response timeliness and decision reliability. The high penetration of distributed renewable generation, the widespread deployment of power-electronic devices, ...

Weed Detection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery Using Deep Learning—A Comparison between High-End and Low-Cost Multispectral Sensors

In order to meet the increasing demand for crops under challenging climate conditions, efficient and sustainable cultivation strategies are becoming essential in agriculture. Targeted herbicide use reduces environmental pollution and effect...

UAV-Embedded Sensors and Deep Learning for Pathology Identification in Building Façades: A Review

The use of geotechnologies in the field of diagnostic engineering has become ever more present in the identification of pathological manifestations in buildings. The implementation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and embedded sensors has...

An adaptive energy management and control framework for long-endurance UAV missions in dynamic environments: A reproducible simulation study.

Leveraging AI to Estimate Caribou Lichen in UAV Orthomosaics from Ground Photo Datasets

Relating ground photographs to UAV orthomosaics is a key linkage required for accurate multi-scaled lichen mapping. Conventional methods of multi-scaled lichen mapping, such as random forest models and convolutional neural networks, heavily...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Precision Agriculture: A Review

Digital Precision Agriculture (DPA) is a comprehensive approach to agronomic management that utilizes advanced technologies, such as sensor data analysis and automation, to optimize crop productivity, enhance farm income, and minimize envir...

Comparative architectural evaluation of CNN models with alternative classifiers for UAV-based detection of damaged green zones

Unmanned aerial vehicle imagery provides a practical and high-resolution data source for monitoring the spatial condition of urban and peri-urban green zones. However, the reliable detection of damaged, stressed, or declining vegetation are...

ID-Det: Insulator Burst Defect Detection from UAV Inspection Imagery of Power Transmission Facilities

The global rise in electricity demand necessitates extensive transmission infrastructure, where insulators play a critical role in ensuring the safe operation of power transmission systems. However, insulators are susceptible to burst defec...