Efficient algorithms for decision making and coverage deployment of connected multi-low-altitude platforms

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Highlights:

• Modeling the multi-UAVs selection and deployment as two multi-objective subproblems.

• Proposition of novel multi-objective decision-making and constraints-handling method.

• Proposition of an efficient fast multi-objective preference guided genetic algorithm.

• Designing a hybrid heuristic that expands the view by rotating UAVs’ onboard cameras.

• Vigorous comparative analysis with numerous state-of-the-art techniques.

摘要

•Modeling the multi-UAVs selection and deployment as two multi-objective subproblems.•Proposition of novel multi-objective decision-making and constraints-handling method.•Proposition of an efficient fast multi-objective preference guided genetic algorithm.•Designing a hybrid heuristic that expands the view by rotating UAVs’ onboard cameras.•Vigorous comparative analysis with numerous state-of-the-art techniques.

论文关键词:Unmanned aerial vehicle,Low-altitude platform,Multi-criteria decision-making,Coverage optimization problem,Genetic algorithm

论文评审过程:Received 12 December 2020, Revised 6 May 2021, Accepted 29 June 2021, Available online 10 July 2021, Version of Record 23 July 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115529