{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4206512891","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672240","title":"Rescuing the Fresh Water Lakes of Africa through the Use of Drones and Underwater Robots","display_name":"Rescuing the Fresh Water Lakes of Africa through the Use of Drones and Underwater Robots","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-11-22","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4206512891","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672240"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672240","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672240","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA)","raw_type":"proceedings-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/A5108523299","display_name":"Fisseha Mekuria","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I21360634","display_name":"Council for Scientific and Industrial Research","ror":"https://ror.org/05j00sr48","country_code":"ZA","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I21360634"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fisseha Mekuria","raw_affiliation_strings":["Networked Systems and Applications, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Networked Systems and Applications, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I21360634"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061073517","display_name":"Ethiopia Nigussie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2043-4274"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I155660961","display_name":"University of Turku","ror":"https://ror.org/05vghhr25","country_code":"FI","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I155660961"]}],"countries":["FI"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ethiopia Nigussie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Technology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Technology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I155660961"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079051083","display_name":"Eva Julia Schmitt","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-1444"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I245417339","display_name":"Vodafone (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/044qwkx83","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I245417339","https://openalex.org/I74316835"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I78650965","display_name":"Technische Universit\u00e4t Dresden","ror":"https://ror.org/042aqky30","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I78650965"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eva Schmitt","raw_affiliation_strings":["Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I78650965","https://openalex.org/I245417339"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087575822","display_name":"Arturo Gonz\u00e1lez","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I245417339","display_name":"Vodafone (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/044qwkx83","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I245417339","https://openalex.org/I74316835"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I78650965","display_name":"Technische Universit\u00e4t Dresden","ror":"https://ror.org/042aqky30","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I78650965"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Arturo Gonzalez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I78650965","https://openalex.org/I245417339"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043027493","display_name":"Tesfa Tegegne","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57092466","display_name":"Bahir Dar University","ror":"https://ror.org/01670bg46","country_code":"ET","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57092466"]}],"countries":["ET"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tesfa Tegegne","raw_affiliation_strings":["ICT4D Reseach Center, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ICT4D Reseach Center, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57092466"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022117288","display_name":"Gerhard Fettweis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-1311"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I245417339","display_name":"Vodafone (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/044qwkx83","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I245417339","https://openalex.org/I74316835"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I78650965","display_name":"Technische Universit\u00e4t Dresden","ror":"https://ror.org/042aqky30","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I78650965"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gerhard Fettweis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I78650965","https://openalex.org/I245417339"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":4,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.3945,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.68355076,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"154","last_page":"159"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12701","display_name":"Biological Control of Invasive Species","score":0.9988999962806702,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1109","display_name":"Insect Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12701","display_name":"Biological Control of Invasive Species","score":0.9988999962806702,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1109","display_name":"Insect Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10236","display_name":"Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics","score":0.9786999821662903,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2304","display_name":"Environmental Chemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13490","display_name":"Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity","score":0.9782999753952026,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/weed","display_name":"Weed","score":0.7171409130096436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drone","display_name":"Drone","score":0.6833513975143433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/weed-control","display_name":"Weed control","score":0.5533381700515747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-science","display_name":"Environmental science","score":0.5513203740119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.5317522287368774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hyacinth","display_name":"Hyacinth","score":0.5083150267601013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/underwater","display_name":"Underwater","score":0.445341557264328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.41543489694595337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-resource-management","display_name":"Environmental resource management","score":0.3754723072052002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/water-resource-management","display_name":"Water resource management","score":0.3626587986946106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hydrology","display_name":"Hydrology (agriculture)","score":0.35918962955474854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography","display_name":"Geography","score":0.2831694781780243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2562001347541809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ecology","display_name":"Ecology","score":0.25446897745132446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.19077318906784058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biology","display_name":"Biology","score":0.11254459619522095}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775891814","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101879","display_name":"Weed","level":2,"score":0.7171409130096436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59519942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650665","display_name":"Drone","level":2,"score":0.6833513975143433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147273371","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2739141","display_name":"Weed control","level":2,"score":0.5533381700515747},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.5513203740119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.5317522287368774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780157541","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158758","display_name":"Hyacinth","level":2,"score":0.5083150267601013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98083399","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3246517","display_name":"Underwater","level":2,"score":0.445341557264328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.41543489694595337},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107826830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929380","display_name":"Environmental resource management","level":1,"score":0.3754723072052002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C524765639","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501619","display_name":"Water resource management","level":1,"score":0.3626587986946106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76886044","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2883300","display_name":"Hydrology (agriculture)","level":2,"score":0.35918962955474854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.2831694781780243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2562001347541809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.25446897745132446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.19077318906784058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.11254459619522095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187320778","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349130","display_name":"Geotechnical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672240","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ict4da53266.2021.9672240","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa (ICT4DA)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1603615569","https://openalex.org/W2010904712","https://openalex.org/W2042315263","https://openalex.org/W2111388484","https://openalex.org/W2132266946","https://openalex.org/W2494506251","https://openalex.org/W2568155635","https://openalex.org/W2593386598","https://openalex.org/W2735152118","https://openalex.org/W2790892475","https://openalex.org/W2894876379","https://openalex.org/W2970816924","https://openalex.org/W2973010556","https://openalex.org/W2982598195","https://openalex.org/W2987547428","https://openalex.org/W3043932162","https://openalex.org/W3082451570","https://openalex.org/W3091922529","https://openalex.org/W3104058040","https://openalex.org/W4248020811","https://openalex.org/W6755029711","https://openalex.org/W7071046259"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1780642663","https://openalex.org/W2013382212","https://openalex.org/W2506386864","https://openalex.org/W3049256127","https://openalex.org/W2019082283","https://openalex.org/W2076074519","https://openalex.org/W1592917383","https://openalex.org/W1966322886","https://openalex.org/W2279742145","https://openalex.org/W2486520318"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1,58],"paper,":[2],"we":[3],"present":[4],"a":[5],"conceptual":[6],"system":[7,30,55,126],"architecture":[8,127],"for":[9,138,163,193],"real-time":[10],"monitoring,":[11],"predicting":[12,147],"and":[13,53,91,134,154,181,200,208],"controlling":[14],"of":[15,25,38,48,70,78,86,115,141,151,160,170,184,196,210],"invasive":[16,166,212],"water":[17,46],"hyacinth":[18],"in":[19,57,73,145,178,189],"freshwater":[20],"bodies":[21],"through":[22],"the":[23,39,44,54,63,68,87,96,103,112,116,142,148,152,156,161,165,171,185,197,205,211],"use":[24],"emerging":[26],"technologies.":[27],"The":[28,50,75,124,168],"proposed":[29,125,172],"is":[31,119],"planned":[32],"to":[33,42,110],"be":[34,108],"deployed":[35],"as":[36],"one":[37],"rescue":[40],"efforts":[41,77],"preserve":[43],"fresh":[45],"lakes":[47],"Africa.":[49],"case":[51],"study":[52],"presented":[56],"paper":[59],"are":[60],"based":[61],"on":[62,84],"Lake":[64,79],"Tana,":[65],"situated":[66],"near":[67],"city":[69],"Bahir":[71],"Dar,":[72],"Ethiopia.":[74],"rescuing":[76],"Tana":[80],"so":[81],"far":[82],"focused":[83],"removal":[85,183],"weed":[88,97,143],"by":[89],"hand":[90],"using":[92],"harvesting":[93],"machines.":[94],"With":[95],"invasion":[98,114],"doubling":[99],"every":[100],"two":[101],"weeks,":[102],"current":[104],"approaches":[105],"will":[106],"not":[107,176],"able":[109],"control":[111],"rapid":[113,206],"weed,":[117,153,186],"which":[118],"causing":[120],"considerable":[121],"socioeconomic":[122],"losses.":[123],"employs":[128],"networked":[129],"underwater":[130],"robots,":[131],"aerial":[132],"drones":[133],"other":[135],"environmental":[136,158,199],"sensors":[137],"better":[139,194],"mapping":[140],"coverage":[144],"real-time,":[146],"floating":[149],"paths":[150],"learning":[155],"favourable":[157],"conditions":[159,202],"lake":[162],"eradicating":[164],"weed.":[167,213],"advantages":[169],"technical":[173],"intervention":[174],"lie":[175],"only":[177],"accurate":[179],"monitoring":[180],"fast":[182],"but":[187],"also":[188],"facilitating":[190],"data":[191],"collection":[192],"understanding":[195],"underlying":[198],"chemical":[201],"that":[203],"facilitate":[204],"infestation":[207],"growth":[209]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}