Abstract
This letter considers the deployment problem for a network of aerial drones to maximize the coverage of an area for surveillance and monitoring. A distributed optimization model is proposed and a coverage maximizing algorithm is developed. It is proved that the proposed algorithm converges to a local maximum in a finite number of steps. Simulations with a real dataset demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4474-4477 |
Journal | IEEE Systems Journal |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |