Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) routing is transitioning from an emerging topic to a growing research area as the 3D flexible utilization of airspace, promogulated by UAVs, is a potential game changer in solving the urban air mobility challenge by allowing to reshape transportation and logistics in th...
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| author | Amila Thibbotuwawa Grzegorz Bocewicz Peter Nielsen Zbigniew Banaszak |
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| description | Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) routing is transitioning from an emerging topic to a growing research area as the 3D flexible utilization of airspace, promogulated by UAVs, is a potential game changer in solving the urban air mobility challenge by allowing to reshape transportation and logistics in the future. This has revealed a need to classify different types of research and examine the general characteristics of the research area. This research aims to assist in identifying the main topics and emerging research streams and provides a published overview of the current state and contributions to the area of the UAV routing problem (UAVRP) and a general categorization of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) followed by a UAVRP classification with a graphical taxonomy based on the analysis of UAVRP current status. To achieve this, an analysis of the existing research contributions promulgated in this domain is conducted. This analysis is used to identify the current state of UAVRP and the gaps related to the UAVs’ flight dynamics and weather conditions, which significantly influence the fuel consumption of the UAV when modeling the UAVRP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c7ad1598f894329831ca8323c53b5982023-11-20T05:16:25ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-06-011013450410.3390/app10134504Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature ReviewAmila Thibbotuwawa0Grzegorz Bocewicz1Peter Nielsen2Zbigniew Banaszak3Department of Transport and Logistics Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa 10400, Sri LankaFaculty of Electronics and Computer Science, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-453 Koszalin, PolandDepartment of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkFaculty of Electronics and Computer Science, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-453 Koszalin, PolandUnmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) routing is transitioning from an emerging topic to a growing research area as the 3D flexible utilization of airspace, promogulated by UAVs, is a potential game changer in solving the urban air mobility challenge by allowing to reshape transportation and logistics in the future. This has revealed a need to classify different types of research and examine the general characteristics of the research area. This research aims to assist in identifying the main topics and emerging research streams and provides a published overview of the current state and contributions to the area of the UAV routing problem (UAVRP) and a general categorization of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) followed by a UAVRP classification with a graphical taxonomy based on the analysis of UAVRP current status. To achieve this, an analysis of the existing research contributions promulgated in this domain is conducted. This analysis is used to identify the current state of UAVRP and the gaps related to the UAVs’ flight dynamics and weather conditions, which significantly influence the fuel consumption of the UAV when modeling the UAVRP.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/13/4504unmanned aerial vehiclesUAV routing and schedulingUAV routingvehicle routing problem |
| spellingShingle | Amila Thibbotuwawa Grzegorz Bocewicz Peter Nielsen Zbigniew Banaszak Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review Applied Sciences unmanned aerial vehicles UAV routing and scheduling UAV routing vehicle routing problem |
| title | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review |
| title_full | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review |
| title_short | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review |
| title_sort | unmanned aerial vehicle routing problems a literature review |
| topic | unmanned aerial vehicles UAV routing and scheduling UAV routing vehicle routing problem |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/13/4504 |
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