UAV navigation by an expert system for contaminant mapping with a genetic algorithm

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 4687-4697

  Kuroki, Yuki ^a   Young, George S ^a   Haupt, Sue Ellen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport and dispersion; Expert system; Genetic algorithm; Source term estimation; Unmanned aerial system; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION DATA; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; CONCENTRATION SENSORS; CONTAMINANT RELEASE; COST-SAVING; CURRENT ESTIMATES; DISPERSION MODELS; FLIGHT PLANS; GAUSSIAN DISPERSION MODELS; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; LEG LENGTH; MOBILE SENSORS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MOVING TARGETS; QUASI-STEADY; RULE BASED; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; SOURCE LOCATION; SOURCE POSITION; SOURCE STRENGTH; SOURCE TERM ESTIMATION; SPATIAL ARRAYS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WIND VECTORS;

AIR NAVIGATION; AUTOMATA THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FLOW FIELDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LOCATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SENSORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 77249097319     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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