{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4400357275","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1631/fitee.2300393","title":"A multi-agent collaboration scheme for energy-efficient task scheduling in a 3D UAV-MEC space","display_name":"A multi-agent collaboration scheme for energy-efficient task scheduling in a 3D UAV-MEC space","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4400357275","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1631/fitee.2300393"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1631/fitee.2300393","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1631/fitee.2300393","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210189857","display_name":"Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering","issn_l":"2095-9184","issn":["2095-9184","2095-9230"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering","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/A5059588676","display_name":"Yang Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-1178"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170215575","display_name":"National University of Defense Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05d2yfz11","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yang Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-1178","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072186998","display_name":"Ziling Wei","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7858-1445"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170215575","display_name":"National University of Defense Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05d2yfz11","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ziling Wei","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7858-1445","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055375948","display_name":"Jinshu Su","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-616X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170215575","display_name":"National University of Defense Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05d2yfz11","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jinshu Su","raw_affiliation_strings":["Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing, China","College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9273-616X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing, China","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100024138","display_name":"Baokang Zhao","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170215575","display_name":"National University of Defense Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05d2yfz11","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Baokang Zhao","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5055375948","https://openalex.org/A5072186998"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"],"apc_list":{"value":2990,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2990},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.1661,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92369196,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"25","issue":"6","first_page":"824","last_page":"838"},"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.29730433225631714}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.29730433225631714}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1631/fitee.2300393","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1631/fitee.2300393","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210189857","display_name":"Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering","issn_l":"2095-9184","issn":["2095-9184","2095-9230"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering","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":38,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W177687445","https://openalex.org/W2031834036","https://openalex.org/W2134625525","https://openalex.org/W2787938642","https://openalex.org/W2925927765","https://openalex.org/W2963047569","https://openalex.org/W2964052915","https://openalex.org/W2984035125","https://openalex.org/W2990115337","https://openalex.org/W2990467641","https://openalex.org/W2999225051","https://openalex.org/W3005478472","https://openalex.org/W3013960924","https://openalex.org/W3037858978","https://openalex.org/W3089190064","https://openalex.org/W3090573937","https://openalex.org/W3113682412","https://openalex.org/W3120672808","https://openalex.org/W3153448713","https://openalex.org/W3183047104","https://openalex.org/W3187950552","https://openalex.org/W3195088590","https://openalex.org/W3200602197","https://openalex.org/W4206931804","https://openalex.org/W4210526511","https://openalex.org/W4213165131","https://openalex.org/W4213191720","https://openalex.org/W4214866088","https://openalex.org/W4220984320","https://openalex.org/W4285247160","https://openalex.org/W4285285365","https://openalex.org/W4285301536","https://openalex.org/W4285611557","https://openalex.org/W4286655256","https://openalex.org/W4288768831","https://openalex.org/W4323338322","https://openalex.org/W6600662749","https://openalex.org/W6631495455"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Multi-access":[0],"edge":[1,9,37,41],"computing":[2,5],"(MEC)":[3],"presents":[4],"services":[6,42],"at":[7,205],"the":[8,14,23,76,79,87,101,104,112,125,139,146,153,169,188,193,198,206,212,221,237,241,246],"of":[10,18,25,70,82,103,111,118,127,142,201,223,240],"networks":[11,215],"to":[12,22,43,63,91,95,123,151,186,196,219],"address":[13],"enormous":[15],"processing":[16],"requirements":[17],"intelligent":[19],"applications.":[20],"Due":[21],"maneuverability":[24],"unmanned":[26],"aerial":[27,36],"vehicles":[28],"(UAVs),":[29],"they":[30],"can":[31],"be":[32],"used":[33],"as":[34],"temporal":[35],"nodes":[38],"for":[39,60,160,165,216],"providing":[40],"ground":[44,143],"users":[45],"in":[46,133,235],"MEC.":[47],"However,":[48],"MEC":[49],"environment":[50],"is":[51,57,89,121,233],"usually":[52],"dynamic":[53],"and":[54,156,162,181,244],"complicated.":[55],"It":[56,191],"a":[58,96,134,179],"challenge":[59],"multiple":[61,131],"UAVs":[62,83,132,161],"select":[64],"appropriate":[65],"service":[66],"strategies.":[67],"Besides,":[68],"most":[69],"existing":[71],"works":[72],"study":[73],"UAV-MEC":[74],"with":[75,93,109],"assumption":[77],"that":[78,231],"flight":[80,155],"heights":[81],"are":[84],"fixed;":[85],"i.e.,":[86],"flying":[88],"considered":[90],"occur":[92],"reference":[94],"two-dimensional":[97],"plane,":[98],"which":[99],"neglects":[100],"importance":[102],"height.":[105],"In":[106,145],"this":[107],"paper,":[108],"consideration":[110],"co-channel":[113],"interference,":[114],"an":[115],"optimization":[116],"problem":[117],"energy":[119,238],"efficiency":[120,239],"investigated":[122],"maximize":[124],"number":[126],"fulfilled":[128],"tasks,":[129],"where":[130],"three-dimensional":[135],"space":[136],"collaboratively":[137],"fulfill":[138],"task":[140],"computation":[141],"users.":[144],"formulated":[147,189],"problem,":[148],"we":[149,177,210],"try":[150],"obtain":[152],"optimal":[154],"sub-channel":[157],"selection":[158],"strategies":[159,164],"schedule":[163],"tasks.":[166],"Based":[167],"on":[168],"multi-agent":[170],"deep":[171],"deterministic":[172],"policy":[173],"gradient":[174],"(MADDPG)":[175],"algorithm,":[176],"propose":[178],"curiosity-driven":[180],"twin-networks-structured":[182],"MADDPG":[183],"(CTMADDPG)":[184],"algorithm":[185],"solve":[187],"problem.":[190],"uses":[192],"inner":[194],"reward":[195],"facilitate":[197],"state":[199],"exploration":[200],"agents,":[202],"avoiding":[203],"convergence":[204],"sub-optimal":[207],"strategy.":[208],"Furthermore,":[209],"adopt":[211],"twin":[213],"critic":[214],"update":[217],"stabilization":[218],"reduce":[220],"probability":[222],"Q":[224],"value":[225],"overestimation.":[226],"The":[227],"simulation":[228],"results":[229],"show":[230],"CTMADDPG":[232],"outstanding":[234],"maximizing":[236],"whole":[242],"system":[243],"outperforms":[245],"other":[247],"benchmarks.":[248]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-23T08:03:31.855105","created_date":"2024-07-06T00:00:00"}