Wireless Sensor Networks and Multi-UAV systems for natural disaster management

摘要

This work identifies the role of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the context of natural disaster management. Main applications of systems involving WSN and UAV are classified according to the disaster management phase, and a review of relevant research activities is provided along with the research and development challenges that still remain unsolved. The main objectives of this work are to present technical results useful to improve the wellbeing of people, and push the state of the art one step forward in the definition of a complete disaster management system. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.