{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7168149091","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-026-03218-x","title":"Application of artificial intelligence in unmanned aerial vehicles: a survey","display_name":"Application of artificial intelligence in unmanned aerial vehicles: a survey","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-07-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7168149091","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-026-03218-x"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s13042-026-03218-x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-026-03218-x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764999920","display_name":"International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics","issn_l":"1868-8071","issn":["1868-8071","1868-808X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140522539","display_name":"Qing Zhu","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qing Zhu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shandong Institute of Innovation and Development, Jinan, 250101, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shandong Institute of Innovation and Development, Jinan, 250101, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140555921","display_name":"Mengyao Xi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210115349","display_name":"Ion Exchange (India)","ror":"https://ror.org/028x2z366","country_code":"IN","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210115349"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mengyao Xi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shandong Internatioanal Talent Exchange and Service Center, Jinan, 250101, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shandong Internatioanal Talent Exchange and Service Center, Jinan, 250101, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210115349"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5115597560","display_name":"Ning Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3926-5117"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139759216","display_name":"Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","ror":"https://ror.org/04w9fbh59","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ning Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108047889","display_name":"Yi-Xiang Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5697-0717"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210162190","display_name":"China University of Petroleum, East China","ror":"https://ror.org/05gbn2817","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210162190"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jian Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210162190"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140538935","display_name":"Peiying Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210128818","display_name":"Institute of Software","ror":"https://ror.org/033dfsn42","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210128818"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210162190","display_name":"China University of Petroleum, East China","ror":"https://ror.org/05gbn2817","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210162190"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Peiying Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Qingdao Institute of Software, College of Computer Science and Technology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Qingdao Institute of Software, College of Computer Science and Technology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210128818","https://openalex.org/I4210162190"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140524571","display_name":"Konstantin Igorevich Kostromitin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I107640659","display_name":"South Ural State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03sfk2504","country_code":"RU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I107640659"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130823665","display_name":"Ural Federal University","ror":"https://ror.org/00hs7dr46","country_code":"RU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130823665"]}],"countries":["RU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Konstantin Igorevich Kostromitin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Physics of Nanoscale Systems, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia","Institute of Radioelectronics and Information Technologies, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Physics of Nanoscale Systems, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I107640659"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Radioelectronics and Information Technologies, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130823665"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5115597560"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"],"apc_list":{"value":3990,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3990},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86025042,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":"8","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9437000155448914,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9437000155448914,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10036","display_name":"Advanced Neural Network Applications","score":0.0071000000461936,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13918","display_name":"Advanced Data and IoT Technologies","score":0.0052999998442828655,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transformative-learning","display_name":"Transformative learning","score":0.5925999879837036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drone","display_name":"Drone","score":0.4828000068664551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.4392000138759613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/open-research","display_name":"Open research","score":0.4388999938964844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/swarm-robotics","display_name":"Swarm robotics","score":0.4165000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","score":0.40880000591278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/swarm-intelligence","display_name":"Swarm intelligence","score":0.3522999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work","display_name":"Work (physics)","score":0.34119999408721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sensor-fusion","display_name":"Sensor fusion","score":0.3237999975681305}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6053000092506409},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70587473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7834111","display_name":"Transformative learning","level":2,"score":0.5925999879837036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5616999864578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59519942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650665","display_name":"Drone","level":2,"score":0.4828000068664551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.4392000138759613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778464652","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309849","display_name":"Open research","level":2,"score":0.4388999938964844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169337768","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2446723","display_name":"Swarm robotics","level":3,"score":0.4165000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.40880000591278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119487961","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863960","display_name":"Swarm intelligence","level":3,"score":0.3522999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.34119999408721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33954974","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486494","display_name":"Sensor fusion","level":2,"score":0.3237999975681305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117270229","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5957539","display_name":"Hyper-heuristic","level":5,"score":0.3176000118255615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157170001","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4781507","display_name":"Applications of artificial intelligence","level":2,"score":0.31360000371932983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34413123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978","display_name":"Robotics","level":3,"score":0.31209999322891235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139502532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1122090","display_name":"Computational intelligence","level":2,"score":0.299699991941452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.2987000048160553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777735758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817765","display_name":"Path (computing)","level":2,"score":0.2953000068664551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.2915000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779304628","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503480","display_name":"Face (sociological concept)","level":2,"score":0.2888999879360199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.28690001368522644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56397880","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6044094","display_name":"Intelligent decision support system","level":2,"score":0.2815000116825104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779965156","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5227350","display_name":"Data sharing","level":3,"score":0.2800999879837036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181335050","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14915018","display_name":"Swarm behaviour","level":2,"score":0.2671000063419342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19527686","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1665453","display_name":"System integration","level":2,"score":0.262800008058548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780966255","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5474306","display_name":"Foundation (evidence)","level":2,"score":0.26170000433921814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110354214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6314146","display_name":"Engineering management","level":1,"score":0.2606000006198883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.25999999046325684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.25920000672340393}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s13042-026-03218-x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-026-03218-x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764999920","display_name":"International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics","issn_l":"1868-8071","issn":["1868-8071","1868-808X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1243207644","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"ZR2023LZH017","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320324174","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8745874309","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62173345","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320324174","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":191,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1544032329","https://openalex.org/W1976298440","https://openalex.org/W1988648633","https://openalex.org/W2045297017","https://openalex.org/W2059780655","https://openalex.org/W2072369366","https://openalex.org/W2079745525","https://openalex.org/W2106879054","https://openalex.org/W2145336471","https://openalex.org/W2327622231","https://openalex.org/W2515329741","https://openalex.org/W2571149404","https://openalex.org/W2785919067","https://openalex.org/W2815755190","https://openalex.org/W2884040439","https://openalex.org/W2900877034","https://openalex.org/W2903826257","https://openalex.org/W2922260520","https://openalex.org/W2939416052","https://openalex.org/W2962691117","https://openalex.org/W2965668135","https://openalex.org/W2968448181","https://openalex.org/W2981016461","https://openalex.org/W2981460880","https://openalex.org/W3004263011","https://openalex.org/W3006868075","https://openalex.org/W3023570908","https://openalex.org/W3033271745","https://openalex.org/W3043367036","https://openalex.org/W3048295601","https://openalex.org/W3084132664","https://openalex.org/W3086352387","https://openalex.org/W3090573937","https://openalex.org/W3091968794","https://openalex.org/W3093777187","https://openalex.org/W3105649577","https://openalex.org/W3111812716","https://openalex.org/W3112474384","https://openalex.org/W3118272270","https://openalex.org/W3119286118","https://openalex.org/W3119882941","https://openalex.org/W3121274017","https://openalex.org/W3125424609","https://openalex.org/W3131382839","https://openalex.org/W3131745522","https://openalex.org/W3131829991","https://openalex.org/W3134716359","https://openalex.org/W3134776497","https://openalex.org/W3159440488","https://openalex.org/W3163246396","https://openalex.org/W3166160117","https://openalex.org/W3168773799","https://openalex.org/W3174849077","https://openalex.org/W3179283102","https://openalex.org/W3180000121","https://openalex.org/W3180097365","https://openalex.org/W3181869286","https://openalex.org/W3184709972","https://openalex.org/W3187092794","https://openalex.org/W3189177075","https://openalex.org/W3194988969","https://openalex.org/W3196741429","https://openalex.org/W3197342323","https://openalex.org/W3200780444","https://openalex.org/W3201532875","https://openalex.org/W3202810279","https://openalex.org/W3203725697","https://openalex.org/W3207745675","https://openalex.org/W3210057799","https://openalex.org/W3210635777","https://openalex.org/W3210852996","https://openalex.org/W3211777398","https://openalex.org/W3213593695","https://openalex.org/W3214814008","https://openalex.org/W3215184144","https://openalex.org/W3216520238","https://openalex.org/W4200349140","https://openalex.org/W4200512365","https://openalex.org/W4205161126","https://openalex.org/W4206534248","https://openalex.org/W4210242265","https://openalex.org/W4210254520","https://openalex.org/W4210716282","https://openalex.org/W4213246061","https://openalex.org/W4213433215","https://openalex.org/W4214843543","https://openalex.org/W4214866088","https://openalex.org/W4220801268","https://openalex.org/W4220857054","https://openalex.org/W4225432512","https://openalex.org/W4225611674","https://openalex.org/W4225744797","https://openalex.org/W4226332866","https://openalex.org/W4226387990","https://openalex.org/W4226478636","https://openalex.org/W4283656081","https://openalex.org/W4283800725","https://openalex.org/W4284969219","https://openalex.org/W4285026379","https://openalex.org/W4285105424","https://openalex.org/W4285145831","https://openalex.org/W4285166740","https://openalex.org/W4285202992","https://openalex.org/W4285247671","https://openalex.org/W4289535451","https://openalex.org/W4289731869","https://openalex.org/W4292543099","https://openalex.org/W4293499257","https://openalex.org/W4294310858","https://openalex.org/W4295027164","https://openalex.org/W4295789133","https://openalex.org/W4295832403","https://openalex.org/W4296118515","https://openalex.org/W4296569566","https://openalex.org/W4296821420","https://openalex.org/W4296826072","https://openalex.org/W4307559168","https://openalex.org/W4308871324","https://openalex.org/W4312245781","https://openalex.org/W4313043980","https://openalex.org/W4313071464","https://openalex.org/W4313188958","https://openalex.org/W4313436908","https://openalex.org/W4313535466","https://openalex.org/W4318499073","https://openalex.org/W4321608017","https://openalex.org/W4323022363","https://openalex.org/W4323318374","https://openalex.org/W4324148763","https://openalex.org/W4360995544","https://openalex.org/W4366149343","https://openalex.org/W4367665843","https://openalex.org/W4377236612","https://openalex.org/W4377971361","https://openalex.org/W4381735504","https://openalex.org/W4383220107","https://openalex.org/W4386078177","https://openalex.org/W4386102979","https://openalex.org/W4386303392","https://openalex.org/W4386590944","https://openalex.org/W4387331479","https://openalex.org/W4387331481","https://openalex.org/W4387343941","https://openalex.org/W4387490198","https://openalex.org/W4387587706","https://openalex.org/W4387869887","https://openalex.org/W4388819795","https://openalex.org/W4388886651","https://openalex.org/W4389164242","https://openalex.org/W4389352555","https://openalex.org/W4390494361","https://openalex.org/W4390741585","https://openalex.org/W4391164247","https://openalex.org/W4391164388","https://openalex.org/W4391404262","https://openalex.org/W4391429145","https://openalex.org/W4391620719","https://openalex.org/W4392024353","https://openalex.org/W4392175276","https://openalex.org/W4392748961","https://openalex.org/W4392931681","https://openalex.org/W4393072609","https://openalex.org/W4394712217","https://openalex.org/W4394875061","https://openalex.org/W4395028355","https://openalex.org/W4395039471","https://openalex.org/W4396542138","https://openalex.org/W4399110650","https://openalex.org/W4400275780","https://openalex.org/W4400357275","https://openalex.org/W4400409858","https://openalex.org/W4400645712","https://openalex.org/W4401277095","https://openalex.org/W4401387051","https://openalex.org/W4401506642","https://openalex.org/W4401725792","https://openalex.org/W4403918268","https://openalex.org/W4405179437","https://openalex.org/W4405800347","https://openalex.org/W4406265805","https://openalex.org/W4406613086","https://openalex.org/W4406908249","https://openalex.org/W4407214682","https://openalex.org/W4407433486","https://openalex.org/W4407574961","https://openalex.org/W4409234864","https://openalex.org/W4409474398","https://openalex.org/W4410210813","https://openalex.org/W4410616657","https://openalex.org/W7130367846","https://openalex.org/W7133557405"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-08-21T09:56:20.448147","created_date":"2026-07-14T00:00:00"}