A Design of a Scheduling System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Deployment. Issue 13 (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sung, Inkyung; Danancier, Kevin; Ruvio, Delphine; Guillemet, Alexandre; Nielsen, Peter
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 52:Issue 13(2019)
• Page Start: 1854
• Page End: 1859
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Optimisation Methods -- Simulation Tools -- Scheduling -- Decision Support System; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.472
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: Deriving a detailed schedule for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployment involves a wide range of scheduling problems, where solving them as a whole is intractable. Moreover, uncertainties in operational environments of the UAV deployment bring a gap between models assumed for the scheduling problems and an actual system. Motivated by the facts, we propose a conceptual design of a scheduling system for a UAV deployment. Specifically we first introduce fundamental scheduling problems for UAV deployments and specify dependencies between them. A design for a scheduling system, which sequentially solves the scheduling problems and evaluates the solutions using a simulation model, is then proposed. Finally, a prototype of the scheduling system implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of the design is described.