{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3035330356","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3002538","title":"A UAV-Assisted Data Collection for Wireless Sensor Networks: Autonomous Navigation and Scheduling","display_name":"A UAV-Assisted Data Collection for Wireless Sensor Networks: Autonomous Navigation and Scheduling","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3035330356","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3002538","mag":"3035330356"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2020.3002538","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3002538","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/8948470/09117104.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/8948470/09117104.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074465652","display_name":"Omar Bouhamed","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6595-5663"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I108468826","display_name":"Stevens Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02z43xh36","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108468826"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Omar Bouhamed","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I108468826"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021394822","display_name":"Hakim Ghazzai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-4264"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I108468826","display_name":"Stevens Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02z43xh36","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108468826"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hakim Ghazzai","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-4264","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I108468826"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008512450","display_name":"Hichem Besbes","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-494X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I108714496","display_name":"Tunis University","ror":"https://ror.org/02q1spa57","country_code":"TN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108714496"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I179097149","display_name":"University of Carthage","ror":"https://ror.org/057x6za15","country_code":"TN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I179097149"]}],"countries":["TN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hichem Besbes","raw_affiliation_strings":["Higher School of Communications of Tunis, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Higher School of Communications of Tunis, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I108714496","https://openalex.org/I179097149"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057380866","display_name":"Yehia Massoud","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-0639"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I108468826","display_name":"Stevens Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02z43xh36","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108468826"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yehia Massoud","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I108468826"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":1850,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1850},"apc_paid":{"value":1850,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1850},"fwci":80.2016,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":81,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99839023,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":null,"first_page":"110446","last_page":"110460"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9998999834060669,"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/T10249","display_name":"Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems","score":0.9957000017166138,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"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/T11392","display_name":"Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks","score":0.9775999784469604,"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/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8073798418045044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-sensor-network","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","score":0.7817201614379883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.6482471823692322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-collection","display_name":"Data collection","score":0.6435607671737671},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.5667497515678406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/schedule","display_name":"Schedule","score":0.5394952893257141},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.5312083959579468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.46934330463409424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/obstacle","display_name":"Obstacle","score":0.444494366645813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key-distribution-in-wireless-sensor-networks","display_name":"Key distribution in wireless sensor networks","score":0.44309958815574646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.39719173312187195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-network","display_name":"Wireless network","score":0.3557191789150238},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.3372807204723358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.19888678193092346},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.1313248574733734},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.08545461297035217}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8073798418045044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24590314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336038","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","level":2,"score":0.7817201614379883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.6482471823692322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.6435607671737671},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.5667497515678406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68387754","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7271585","display_name":"Schedule","level":2,"score":0.5394952893257141},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.5312083959579468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.46934330463409424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776650193","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264661","display_name":"Obstacle","level":2,"score":0.444494366645813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41971633","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6398155","display_name":"Key distribution in wireless sensor networks","level":4,"score":0.44309958815574646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.39719173312187195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.3557191789150238},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3372807204723358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.19888678193092346},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.1313248574733734},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.08545461297035217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2020.3002538","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3002538","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/8948470/09117104.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:e13fda4206714f2a90ff4dcf72cfc986","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/e13fda4206714f2a90ff4dcf72cfc986","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access, Vol 8, Pp 110446-110460 (2020)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2020.3002538","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3002538","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6287639/8948470/09117104.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3035330356.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3035330356.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":47,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2031834036","https://openalex.org/W2145339207","https://openalex.org/W2268751503","https://openalex.org/W2392398774","https://openalex.org/W2524034085","https://openalex.org/W2769883349","https://openalex.org/W2786311868","https://openalex.org/W2888116234","https://openalex.org/W2897145192","https://openalex.org/W2898733141","https://openalex.org/W2899197563","https://openalex.org/W2901556516","https://openalex.org/W2903620886","https://openalex.org/W2909643277","https://openalex.org/W2910278564","https://openalex.org/W2922260520","https://openalex.org/W2923421005","https://openalex.org/W2939455548","https://openalex.org/W2939463001","https://openalex.org/W2945996237","https://openalex.org/W2955850878","https://openalex.org/W2956047314","https://openalex.org/W2963555336","https://openalex.org/W2963674921","https://openalex.org/W2963864421","https://openalex.org/W2964023906","https://openalex.org/W2969464237","https://openalex.org/W2976242918","https://openalex.org/W2977749899","https://openalex.org/W2981519545","https://openalex.org/W2982548518","https://openalex.org/W2982608510","https://openalex.org/W2991616811","https://openalex.org/W2995497578","https://openalex.org/W3002110744","https://openalex.org/W3011530370","https://openalex.org/W3012033521","https://openalex.org/W3015766799","https://openalex.org/W3016898162","https://openalex.org/W3020515420","https://openalex.org/W3091703254","https://openalex.org/W3105465735","https://openalex.org/W4213147678","https://openalex.org/W4214717370","https://openalex.org/W6684921986","https://openalex.org/W6715102896","https://openalex.org/W6775336875"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2794103424","https://openalex.org/W1996530509","https://openalex.org/W3028317537","https://openalex.org/W2389515972","https://openalex.org/W4245435724","https://openalex.org/W2055301889","https://openalex.org/W4400979532","https://openalex.org/W2376554934","https://openalex.org/W2077790809","https://openalex.org/W1505959757"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Nowadays,":[0],"Wireless":[1],"Sensor":[2],"Networks":[3],"(WSNs)":[4],"are":[5,38,122,217],"playing":[6],"a":[7,31,77,81,94,99],"vital":[8],"and":[9,24,47,118,133,207,245],"sustainable":[10],"role":[11],"in":[12,93,155,253],"many":[13],"verticals":[14],"touching":[15],"different":[16,242],"aspects":[17],"of":[18,30,102,168,190,204,210,237,249,271],"our":[19],"lives":[20],"including":[21],"civil,":[22],"public,":[23],"military":[25],"applications.":[26,71],"WSNs":[27],"majorly":[28],"consist":[29],"few":[32],"to":[33,40,75,125,129,137,147,153,164,170,196,267],"several":[34],"sensor":[35,89,212],"nodes,":[36],"that":[37,173],"connected":[39],"each":[41,220],"other":[42],"via":[43],"wireless":[44],"communication":[45],"links":[46],"require":[48],"real-time":[49],"or":[50],"delayed":[51],"data":[52,65,86,140,175,205,256],"transfer.":[53],"In":[54,104],"this":[55,105],"paper,":[56],"we":[57,227],"propose":[58],"an":[59,156],"autonomous":[60,239],"Unmanned":[61],"Aerial":[62],"Vehicle":[63],"(UAV)-enabled":[64],"gathering":[66],"mechanism":[67],"for":[68,219,241],"delay-tolerant":[69],"WSN":[70],"The":[72,143,180],"objective":[73],"is":[74,145,162,178,182,265],"employ":[76],"self-trained":[78],"UAV":[79,128,240],"as":[80],"flying":[82,192],"mobile":[83],"unit":[84],"collecting":[85],"from":[87],"ground":[88],"nodes":[90,169],"spatially":[91],"distributed":[92],"given":[95],"geographical":[96],"area":[97],"during":[98],"predefined":[100],"period":[101],"time.":[103],"approach,":[106],"two":[107],"Reinforcement":[108],"Learning":[109],"(RL)":[110],"approaches,":[111],"specifically":[112],"Deep":[113],"Deterministic":[114],"Gradient":[115],"Decent":[116],"(DDPG)":[117],"Q-learning":[119],"(QL)":[120],"algorithms,":[121],"jointly":[123],"employed":[124],"train":[126],"the":[127,131,150,160,166,174,186,191,198,201,208,235,238,247,250,261,269,272],"understand":[130],"environment":[132],"provide":[134],"effective":[135,255],"scheduling":[136],"accomplish":[138],"its":[139,194],"collection":[141,176],"mission.":[142],"DDPG":[144],"used":[146],"autonomously":[148],"decide":[149],"best":[151],"trajectory":[152],"adopt":[154],"obstacle-constrained":[157],"environment,":[158],"while":[159,184],"QL":[161],"developed":[163],"determine":[165],"order":[167],"visit":[171],"such":[172],"time":[177,202],"minimized.":[179],"schedule":[181],"obtained":[183],"considering":[185],"limited":[187],"battery":[188],"capacity":[189],"unit,":[193],"need":[195],"return":[197],"charging":[199],"station,":[200],"windows":[203],"acquisition,":[206],"priority":[209],"certain":[211],"nodes.":[213],"Customized":[214],"reward":[215],"functions":[216],"designed":[218],"RL":[221],"model":[222],"and,":[223],"through":[224],"numerical":[225],"simulations,":[226],"investigate":[228],"their":[229],"training":[230],"performances.":[231],"We":[232],"also":[233],"analyze":[234],"behavior":[236],"selected":[243],"scenarios":[244],"corroborate":[246],"ability":[248],"proposed":[251],"approach":[252],"performing":[254],"collection.":[257],"A":[258],"comparison":[259],"with":[260],"deterministic":[262],"optimal":[263],"solution":[264],"provided":[266],"validate":[268],"performance":[270],"learning-based":[273],"approach.":[274]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":23},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-22T07:51:19.307946","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}