{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2769883349","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108676","title":"On the Placement of UAV Docking Stations for Future Intelligent Transportation Systems","display_name":"On the Placement of UAV Docking Stations for Future Intelligent Transportation Systems","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2769883349","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108676","mag":"2769883349"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108676","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108676","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring)","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/A5021394822","display_name":"Hakim Ghazzai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-4264"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092118","display_name":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center","ror":"https://ror.org/00dgyys91","country_code":"QA","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hakim Ghazzai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118","https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071128215","display_name":"Hamid Menouar","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092118","display_name":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center","ror":"https://ror.org/00dgyys91","country_code":"QA","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hamid Menouar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118","https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101122867","display_name":"Abdullah Kadri","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092118","display_name":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center","ror":"https://ror.org/00dgyys91","country_code":"QA","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abdullah Kadri","raw_affiliation_strings":["Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118","https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":61.9752,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":38,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99678004,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"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":1.0,"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":1.0,"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":0.9955000281333923,"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/T10761","display_name":"Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)","score":0.9955000281333923,"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/particle-swarm-optimization","display_name":"Particle swarm optimization","score":0.6693776845932007},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6120653748512268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/idle","display_name":"Idle","score":0.4390834867954254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intelligent-transportation-system","display_name":"Intelligent transportation system","score":0.42279762029647827},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.37201738357543945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.32189762592315674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transport-engineering","display_name":"Transport engineering","score":0.31793415546417236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.21374157071113586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.11968737840652466}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85617194","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2072794","display_name":"Particle swarm optimization","level":2,"score":0.6693776845932007},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6120653748512268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16320812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1812200","display_name":"Idle","level":2,"score":0.4390834867954254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47796450","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508378","display_name":"Intelligent transportation system","level":2,"score":0.42279762029647827},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.37201738357543945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.32189762592315674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22212356","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775325","display_name":"Transport engineering","level":1,"score":0.31793415546417236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.21374157071113586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.11968737840652466},{"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/vtcspring.2017.8108676","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108676","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/60447","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10576/60447","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400014","display_name":"Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","host_organization_name":"Qatar University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Conference"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1899312541","https://openalex.org/W2031834036","https://openalex.org/W2071211384","https://openalex.org/W2073459066","https://openalex.org/W2103531256","https://openalex.org/W2152195021","https://openalex.org/W2171951152","https://openalex.org/W2183455461","https://openalex.org/W2327622231","https://openalex.org/W2342656438","https://openalex.org/W2397702573","https://openalex.org/W2517499003","https://openalex.org/W2558431499","https://openalex.org/W2597364644","https://openalex.org/W3150545073","https://openalex.org/W6668990524"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2974485871","https://openalex.org/W1577119738","https://openalex.org/W2908872315","https://openalex.org/W1600399803","https://openalex.org/W4235210722","https://openalex.org/W4388633481","https://openalex.org/W2994960476","https://openalex.org/W2049601620","https://openalex.org/W2070778588","https://openalex.org/W2392726230"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Unmanned":[0],"Aerial":[1],"Vehicles":[2],"(UAV)":[3],"have":[4],"attracted":[5],"a":[6,11,95,108,138,156],"lot":[7],"of":[8,13,68,98,146,180],"attention":[9],"in":[10,16,55,82,107,123,137,178],"variety":[12],"fields":[14],"especially":[15],"intelligent":[17],"transportation":[18],"systems":[19],"(ITS).":[20],"They":[21],"constitute":[22],"an":[23],"innovative":[24],"mean":[25],"to":[26,30,38,89,105,132],"support":[27],"existing":[28],"technologies":[29],"control":[31],"road":[32,115],"traffic":[33],"and":[34,161],"monitor":[35],"incidents.":[36],"Due":[37],"their":[39,61,181],"energy-limited":[40],"capacity,":[41],"UAVs":[42],"are":[43,53,121,167],"employed":[44],"for":[45,73,94],"temporary":[46],"missions":[47],"and,":[48],"during":[49,150],"idle":[50],"periods,":[51],"they":[52,58],"placed":[54],"stations":[56,100],"where":[57],"can":[59],"replenish":[60],"batteries.":[62],"In":[63],"this":[64],"paper,":[65],"the":[66,79,91,102,125,129,134,151,162],"problem":[67],"UAV":[69,130],"docking":[70,99],"station":[71],"placement":[72,126],"ITS":[74],"is":[75,88,143],"investigated.":[76],"This":[77],"constitutes":[78],"first":[80],"step":[81],"managing":[83],"UAV-assisted":[84],"ITS.":[85],"The":[86],"objective":[87],"determine":[90],"best":[92],"locations":[93],"given":[96],"number":[97],"that":[101,171],"operator":[103],"aims":[104],"install":[106],"large":[109],"geographical":[110],"area.":[111],"Based":[112],"on":[113],"average":[114],"network":[116],"statistics,":[117],"two":[118],"essential":[119],"conditions":[120],"imposed":[122],"making":[124],"decision:":[127],"i)":[128],"has":[131],"reach":[133],"incident":[135],"location":[136],"reasonable":[139],"time,":[140],"ii)":[141],"there":[142],"no":[144],"risk":[145],"UAV's":[147],"battery":[148],"failure":[149],"mission.":[152],"Two":[153],"algorithms,":[154],"namely":[155],"penalized":[157],"weighted":[158],"k-means":[159],"algorithm":[160],"particle":[163],"swarm":[164],"optimization":[165],"algorithm,":[166],"proposed.":[168],"Results":[169],"show":[170],"both":[172],"algorithms":[173],"achieve":[174],"close":[175],"coverage":[176],"efficiency":[177],"spite":[179],"different":[182],"conceptual":[183],"constructions.":[184]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}