{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7130964313","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112139","title":"Cost-efficient UAV placement and route planning for RIS-assisted communication networks","display_name":"Cost-efficient UAV placement and route planning for RIS-assisted communication networks","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7130964313","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112139"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112139","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112139","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S63392143","display_name":"Computer Networks","issn_l":"1389-1286","issn":["1389-1286","1872-7069"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computer Networks","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/A5111916749","display_name":"Bo-Yu Chan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153512688","display_name":"National Taiwan Ocean University","ror":"https://ror.org/03bvvnt49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bo-Yu Chan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5126562908","display_name":"Chih-Min Chao","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153512688","display_name":"National Taiwan Ocean University","ror":"https://ror.org/03bvvnt49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Chih-Min Chao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103451630","display_name":"C. T. Lin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153512688","display_name":"National Taiwan Ocean University","ror":"https://ror.org/03bvvnt49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chih-Yu Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5126567418","display_name":"Chun-Chao Yeh","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153512688","display_name":"National Taiwan Ocean University","ror":"https://ror.org/03bvvnt49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chun-Chao Yeh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5126562908"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153512688"],"apc_list":{"value":2370,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2370},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.5241066,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"279","issue":null,"first_page":"112139","last_page":"112139"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.6477000117301941,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.6477000117301941,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.33320000767707825,"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/T11192","display_name":"Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems","score":0.00419999985024333,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2212","display_name":"Ocean 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/software-deployment","display_name":"Software deployment","score":0.7394000291824341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/payload","display_name":"Payload (computing)","score":0.6972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulated-annealing","display_name":"Simulated annealing","score":0.6937999725341797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drone","display_name":"Drone","score":0.612500011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.48330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/routing","display_name":"Routing (electronic design automation)","score":0.48100000619888306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/baseline","display_name":"Baseline (sea)","score":0.45489999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/route-planning","display_name":"Route planning","score":0.45239999890327454}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8571000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105339364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297740","display_name":"Software deployment","level":2,"score":0.7394000291824341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134066672","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1424639","display_name":"Payload (computing)","level":3,"score":0.6972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126980161","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863783","display_name":"Simulated annealing","level":2,"score":0.6937999725341797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59519942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650665","display_name":"Drone","level":2,"score":0.612500011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.517300009727478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.48330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74172769","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1446839","display_name":"Routing (electronic design automation)","level":2,"score":0.48100000619888306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12725497","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810247","display_name":"Baseline (sea)","level":2,"score":0.45489999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2989549987","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350882","display_name":"Route planning","level":2,"score":0.45239999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.43389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4171000123023987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186370098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442787","display_name":"Energy (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.4034999907016754},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81074085","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366872","display_name":"Motion planning","level":3,"score":0.4004000127315521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3919999897480011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192126672","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068715","display_name":"Telecommunications network","level":2,"score":0.34700000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24590314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336038","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","level":2,"score":0.32989999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81293917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4189534","display_name":"System deployment","level":3,"score":0.3248000144958496},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.32339999079704285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.31769999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104954878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1648707","display_name":"Routing protocol","level":3,"score":0.27730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101765175","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577764","display_name":"Communications system","level":2,"score":0.2533000111579895}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112139","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2026.112139","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S63392143","display_name":"Computer Networks","issn_l":"1389-1286","issn":["1389-1286","1872-7069"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computer Networks","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2068840184","https://openalex.org/W3184813396","https://openalex.org/W3203387279","https://openalex.org/W3208313739","https://openalex.org/W3210007685","https://openalex.org/W3210522537","https://openalex.org/W4214497476","https://openalex.org/W4221147571","https://openalex.org/W4312601533","https://openalex.org/W4321608126","https://openalex.org/W4361798832","https://openalex.org/W4382371187","https://openalex.org/W4383112736","https://openalex.org/W4386918731","https://openalex.org/W4386951693","https://openalex.org/W4392353656","https://openalex.org/W4392882875","https://openalex.org/W4393305435","https://openalex.org/W4396886503","https://openalex.org/W4401070012","https://openalex.org/W4402765203"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2026-02-23T00:00:00"}
