Optimized Routing of Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Interdiction of Improvised Explosive Devices
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Royset, J.O.
Reber, D.N.
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2009
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2009
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The paper describes an optimization-based tool for selecting routes that will best employ
unmanned aerial systems (UASs) for the purpose of detecting improvised explosive devices
(IEDs) or related activity. The routing tool uses preprocessing procedures, an integer linear
program, and an IED prediction model to direct UASs to sectors of the area of operations with
high IED activity, while accounting for factors such as winds, aircraft de-confliction, and blue
force activity. Initial evaluation of the routing tool through field experiments with actual UASs suggests that the tool produces realistic routes, which can be flown in the allocated amount of time, even under windy conditions.
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Military Operations Research, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 5-19.
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J.O. Royset and D.N. Reber, 2009, "Optimized Routing of Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Interdiction of Improvised Explosive Devices," Military Operations Research, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 5-19.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.