{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4366957401","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tetc.2023.3268346","title":"Computation Efficiency Maximization in Multi-UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing Systems Based on 3D Deployment Optimization","display_name":"Computation Efficiency Maximization in Multi-UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing Systems Based on 3D Deployment Optimization","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-04-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4366957401","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tetc.2023.3268346"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tetc.2023.3268346","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tetc.2023.3268346","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2496326734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing","issn_l":"2168-6750","issn":["2168-6750","2376-4562"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"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":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing","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/A5086816845","display_name":"Xiaoheng Deng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2740-8025"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139660479","display_name":"Central South University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f1zfq44","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Xiaoheng Deng","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Shenzhen, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2740-8025","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Shenzhen, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101901286","display_name":"Jiahao Zhao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9393-2626"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139660479","display_name":"Central South University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f1zfq44","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiahao Zhao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9393-2626","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025882354","display_name":"Zhufang Kuang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1445-3217"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I119273862","display_name":"Central South University of Forestry and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02czw2k81","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I119273862"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139660479","display_name":"Central South University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f1zfq44","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhufang Kuang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer and Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1445-3217","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer and Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I119273862","https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008951098","display_name":"Xuechen Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7683-2933"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139660479","display_name":"Central South University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f1zfq44","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xuechen Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7683-2933","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100616833","display_name":"Qi Guo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0687-8654"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210095258","display_name":"Jinchuan (China)","ror":"https://ror.org/00sxp6h30","country_code":"CN","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210095258"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qi Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Jinchuan Nickel&Cobalt Research and Design Academy, Jinchang, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0687-8654","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jinchuan Nickel&Cobalt Research and Design Academy, Jinchang, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210095258"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007662359","display_name":"Fengxiao Tang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-4802"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139660479","display_name":"Central South University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f1zfq44","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fengxiao Tang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-4802","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5086816845"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139660479"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":17.7444,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":22,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98821911,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"11","issue":"3","first_page":"778","last_page":"790"},"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":0.991100013256073,"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/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9905999898910522,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8566622734069824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-edge-computing","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","score":0.6224191784858704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maximization","display_name":"Maximization","score":0.538930356502533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5130304098129272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/greedy-algorithm","display_name":"Greedy algorithm","score":0.5076535940170288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computation-offloading","display_name":"Computation offloading","score":0.4767411947250366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edge-computing","display_name":"Edge computing","score":0.4709818363189697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computation","display_name":"Computation","score":0.45802435278892517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.4577033519744873},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optimization-problem","display_name":"Optimization problem","score":0.4393369257450104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/efficient-energy-use","display_name":"Efficient energy use","score":0.43442684412002563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fractional-programming","display_name":"Fractional programming","score":0.43162792921066284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-allocation","display_name":"Resource allocation","score":0.42963269352912903},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.3793058693408966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nonlinear-programming","display_name":"Nonlinear programming","score":0.2752138078212738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.25620976090431213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.2133161723613739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.14781257510185242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nonlinear-system","display_name":"Nonlinear system","score":0.1474706530570984}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8566622734069824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776061582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25325231","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","level":3,"score":0.6224191784858704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776330181","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18358244","display_name":"Maximization","level":2,"score":0.538930356502533},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5130304098129272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51823790","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504353","display_name":"Greedy algorithm","level":2,"score":0.5076535940170288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781041963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18348618","display_name":"Computation offloading","level":4,"score":0.4767411947250366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778456923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337692","display_name":"Edge computing","level":3,"score":0.4709818363189697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45374587","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12525525","display_name":"Computation","level":2,"score":0.45802435278892517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.4577033519744873},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137836250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984063","display_name":"Optimization problem","level":2,"score":0.4393369257450104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2742236","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924713","display_name":"Efficient energy use","level":2,"score":0.43442684412002563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169069869","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5477546","display_name":"Fractional programming","level":4,"score":0.43162792921066284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29202148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287260","display_name":"Resource allocation","level":2,"score":0.42963269352912903},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.3793058693408966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115527620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769909","display_name":"Nonlinear programming","level":3,"score":0.2752138078212738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.25620976090431213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.2133161723613739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.14781257510185242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158622935","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q660848","display_name":"Nonlinear system","level":2,"score":0.1474706530570984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","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/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tetc.2023.3268346","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tetc.2023.3268346","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2496326734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing","issn_l":"2168-6750","issn":["2168-6750","2376-4562"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"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":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2030481789","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62172449","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2460975407","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62172441","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5156640687","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61772553","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6854641682","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2021zzts0201","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335880","funder_display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of the Central South University"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8586953775","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"GZSYS-KY-2020-033","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320328839","funder_display_name":"State Key Laboratory of Nickel and Cobalt Resources Comprehensive Utilization"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320328839","display_name":"State Key Laboratory of Nickel and Cobalt Resources Comprehensive Utilization","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335880","display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of the Central South University","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1603765807","https://openalex.org/W1967956032","https://openalex.org/W1992769576","https://openalex.org/W2036098206","https://openalex.org/W2041277226","https://openalex.org/W2102112553","https://openalex.org/W2516316490","https://openalex.org/W2548918789","https://openalex.org/W2586992378","https://openalex.org/W2597817120","https://openalex.org/W2604436698","https://openalex.org/W2624989916","https://openalex.org/W2753941074","https://openalex.org/W2810656750","https://openalex.org/W2910646218","https://openalex.org/W2911511157","https://openalex.org/W2914952404","https://openalex.org/W2961269959","https://openalex.org/W2963061782","https://openalex.org/W2964052915","https://openalex.org/W2968992934","https://openalex.org/W2990115337","https://openalex.org/W2995862989","https://openalex.org/W3009298332","https://openalex.org/W3022272562","https://openalex.org/W3113682412","https://openalex.org/W3126575951","https://openalex.org/W3136774798","https://openalex.org/W3175457099","https://openalex.org/W3178914588","https://openalex.org/W3183648404","https://openalex.org/W3188452735","https://openalex.org/W3197981246","https://openalex.org/W3208909191","https://openalex.org/W3209940515","https://openalex.org/W3210170961","https://openalex.org/W3213889621","https://openalex.org/W4214624681","https://openalex.org/W4250589301","https://openalex.org/W4256380437","https://openalex.org/W4285299870","https://openalex.org/W4293183138","https://openalex.org/W4312687534","https://openalex.org/W6636083699"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4200420173","https://openalex.org/W4225987626","https://openalex.org/W3120617837","https://openalex.org/W3127808443","https://openalex.org/W2916011811","https://openalex.org/W3034137700","https://openalex.org/W4362496467","https://openalex.org/W2896883851","https://openalex.org/W2917127270","https://openalex.org/W3185499500"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Unmanned":[0],"aerial":[1],"vehicles":[2],"(UAVs)":[3],"have":[4,15],"been":[5],"widely":[6],"devoted":[7],"to":[8,18,56,120,148],"mobile":[9],"edge":[10],"computing":[11,21],"(MEC)":[12],"systems":[13],"that":[14,156,166,173],"limited":[16],"resources":[17],"provide":[19],"high-quality":[20],"and":[22,33,93,97,130,138,165],"communication":[23],"services":[24],"for":[25,39],"Internet":[26],"of":[27,43,51,76,99,174,187,195],"Things":[28],"(IoT)":[29],"terminals.":[30],"Energy-efficient":[31],"computation":[32,60,74,144,168,193],"resource":[34],"allocation":[35],"are":[36],"key":[37],"issues":[38],"the":[40,44,58,73,77,84,94,100,103,135,150,157,175,180,185,192,196],"sustainable":[41],"operation":[42],"above-mentioned":[45],"systems.":[46],"The":[47,152],"3D":[48,95],"deployment":[49],"optimization":[50,128],"multi-UAVs":[52],"is":[53,106,118,170],"also":[54,183],"crucial":[55],"maximizing":[57],"system's":[59],"efficiency.":[61],"In":[62,178],"this":[63],"paper,":[64],"we":[65,80,133],"discuss":[66],"a":[67,107,114,140],"multi-UAV-enabled":[68],"MEC":[69],"system.":[70,198],"To":[71],"maximize":[72],"efficiency":[75,145,169,194],"terminal":[78,197],"system,":[79],"consider":[81],"jointly":[82],"optimizing":[83],"terminal's":[85],"CPU":[86],"frequency,":[87],"transmission":[88],"power,":[89],"offloading":[90],"correlation":[91],"decision,":[92],"position":[96],"beamwidth":[98],"UAV.":[101],"Since":[102],"original":[104],"problem":[105,112],"mixed-integer":[108],"nonlinear":[109],"programming":[110],"(MINLP)":[111],"with":[113],"fractional":[115],"structure,":[116],"which":[117],"difficult":[119],"solve":[121,149],"directly.":[122],"Based":[123],"on":[124,191],"Dinkelbach's":[125],"method,":[126],"convex":[127],"theory,":[129],"greedy":[131],"strategy,":[132],"simplify":[134],"mathematical":[136],"model":[137],"propose":[139],"four-stage":[141],"alternating":[142],"iterative":[143],"maximization":[146],"algorithm(FICEM)":[147],"problem.":[151],"simulation":[153,181],"results":[154,182],"indicate":[155],"algorithm":[158],"converges":[159],"fast":[160],"in":[161],"various":[162],"network":[163,189],"scenarios":[164],"its":[167],"better":[171],"than":[172],"baseline":[176],"algorithm.":[177],"addition,":[179],"manifest":[184],"effect":[186],"different":[188],"parameters":[190]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":13}],"updated_date":"2026-05-05T08:41:31.759640","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}