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The expanding role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diverse engineering domains highlights the challenges associated with deploying AI models in new operational environments, involving substantial investments in data collection and model…
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The expanding role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diverse engineering domains highlights the challenges associated with deploying AI models in new operational environments, involving substantial investments in data collection and model…
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The work presented herein has been conducted within the DLR internal research project HorizonUAM, which encompasses research within numerous areas related to urban air mobility. One of the project goals was to develop a safe and certifiable…
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