Abstract Guarding the perimeter of an area in order to detect potential intruders is an important task in a variety of security-related applications. This task can in many circumstances be performed by a set of camera-equipped unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Such UAVs will occasionally require refueling or recharging, in which case they must temporarily be replaced by other UAVs in order to maintain complete surveillance of the perimeter. In this paper we consider the problem of scheduling such replacements. We present optimal replacement strategies and justify their optimality.
Optimal scheduling for replacing perimeter guarding unmanned aerial vehicles
Annals of Operations Research ; 249 , 1 ; 163-174
2016-03-24
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Optimization of Perimeter Patrol Operations Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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