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Deep neural networks (DNNs) have risen to prominence as key solutions in numerous AI applications for earth observation (AI4EO). However, their susceptibility to adversarial examples poses a critical challenge, compromising the reliability…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Weikang Yu , Yonghao Xu , Pedram Ghamisi

Threat assessment is an important part of level 3 data fusion. Here we study a subproblem of this, worst-case risk assessment. Inspired by agent-based models used for simulation of trail formation for urban planning, we use ant colony…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Pontus Svenson , Hedvig Sidenbladh

The problem of searching for an unknown object occurs in important applications ranging from security, medicine and defense. Sensors with the capability to process information rapidly require adaptive algorithms to control their search in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-18 Huanyu Ding , David A. Castañón

Utilization of directional antennas is a promising solution for efficient spectrum sensing and accurate source localization and tracking. Spectrum sensors equipped with directional antennas should constantly scan the space in order to track…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-23 Mohsen Joneidi , Hassan Yazdani , Azadeh Vosoughi , Nazanin Rahnavard

Congestion is a problem of paramount importance in resource constrained Wireless Sensor Networks, especially for large networks, where the traffic loads exceed the available capacity of the resources. Sensor nodes are prone to failure and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Arpita Chakraborty , Srinjoy Ganguly , Mrinal Kanti Naskar , Anupam Karmakar

We consider the problem of an autonomous agent equipped with multiple sensors, each with different sensing precision and energy costs. The agent's goal is to explore the environment and gather information subject to its resource constraints…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Joshua Ott , Edward Balaban , Mykel Kochenderfer

Hand-crafting effective and efficient structures for recurrent neural networks (RNNs) is a difficult, expensive, and time-consuming process. To address this challenge, we propose a novel neuro-evolution algorithm based on ant colony…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-01 AbdElRahman A. ElSaid , Alexander G. Ororbia , Travis J. Desell

We consider the problem of adaptively monitoring a wildfire front using a mobile agent (e.g., a drone), whose trajectory determines where sensor data is collected and thus influences the accuracy of fire propagation estimation. This is a…

Recently, distributed dual averaging has received increasing attention due to its superiority in handling constraints and dynamic networks in multiagent optimization. However, all distributed dual averaging methods reported so far…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-20 Changxin Liu , Huiping Li , Yang Shi

This paper proposes an extension method for Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm called Dynamic Impact. Dynamic Impact is designed to solve challenging optimization problems that has nonlinear relationship between resource consumption…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Jonas Skackauskas , Tatiana Kalganova , Ian Dear , Mani Janakram

Recent advancements in Deep Learning (DL) for Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation have highlighted its superiority over traditional methods, offering faster inference, enhanced super-resolution, and robust performance in low…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Ruxin Zheng , Shunqiao Sun , Hongshan Liu , Honglei Chen , Mojtaba Soltanalian , Jian Li

Bat algorithm (BA) is a recent optimization algorithm based on swarm intelligence and inspiration from the echolocation behavior of bats. One of the issues in the standard bat algorithm is the premature convergence that can occur due to the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-16 Asma Chakri , Rabia Khelif , Mohamed Benouaret , Xin-She Yang

Modern agricultural operations increasingly rely on integrated monitoring systems that combine multiple data sources for farm optimization. Aerial drone-based animal health monitoring serves as a key component but faces limited data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-20 Nisha Pillai

This paper presents a novel control strategy for drone networks to improve the quality of 3D structures reconstructed from aerial images by drones. Unlike the existing coverage control strategies for this purpose, our proposed approach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Zhiyuan Lu , Muhammad Hanif , Takumi Shimizu , Takeshi Hatanaka

This paper investigates secure Directional Modulation (DM) design enhanced by a rotatable active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS). In conventional RIS-assisted DM networks, the security performance gain is limited due to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Yongqiang Li , Feng Shu , Shaofan Chen , Yuanyuan Wu , Maolin Li , Zhen Chen , Hao Jiang , Jiangzhou Wang

Beetle antennae search (BAS) is an efficient meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by foraging behaviors of beetles. This algorithm includes several parameters for tuning and the existing results are limited to solve single objective…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Xiangyuan Jiang , Shuai Li

A simple multi-agent system can be effectively utilized in disaster response applications, such as firefighting. Such a swarm is required to operate in complex environments with limited local sensing and no reliable inter-agent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yigal Koifman , Erez Koifman , Eran Iceland , Ariel Barel , Alfred M. Bruckstein

This paper considers the problem of resource-constrained and noise-limited localization and estimation of dynamic targets that are sparsely distributed over a large area. We generalize an existing framework [Bashan et al, 2008] for adaptive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-09 Gregory E. Newstadt , Dennis L. Wei , Alfred O. Hero

Beetle antennae search (BAS) is an efficient meta-heuristic algorithm. However, the convergent results of BAS rely heavily on the random beetle direction in every iterations. More specifically, different random seeds may cause different…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-30 Jiangyu Wang , Huanxin Chen

This paper introduces a novel approach to solve the coverage optimization problem in multi-agent systems. The proposed technique offers an optimal solution with a lower cost with respect to conventional Voronoi-based techniques by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Mohammadhasan Faghihi , Meysam Yadegar , Mohammadhosein Bakhtiaridoust , Nader Meskin , Javad Sharifi , Peng Shi