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We propose a novel resilient drone service composition framework for delivery in dynamic weather conditions. We use a skyline approach to select an optimal set of candidate drone services at the source node in a skyway network. Drone…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya , Sajib Mistry , Azadeh Ghari Neiat

We propose a novel top-k service composition framework for drone services under a dynamic environment. We develop a system model for formal modelling of drone services in a skyway network. The composition process is accomplished in two…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya

We propose a novel robust composition framework for drone delivery services considering changes in the wind patterns in urban areas. The proposed framework incorporates the dynamic arrival of drone services at the recharging stations. We…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya , Sajib Mistry

We propose a novel framework for composing Swarm-based Drone-as-a-Service (SDaaS) for delivery. Two composition approaches, i.e., sequential and parallel are designed considering the different behaviors of drone swarms. The proposed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-15 Balsam Alkouz , Athman Bouguettaya , Sajib Mistry

We propose a novel service-oriented architecture for drone-based multi-package delivery in a skyway network. The proposed architecture provides a high-level design for deploying a skyway network in a city for the effective provisioning of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-14 Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya

We propose a novel context-aware drone delivery framework for optimizing package delivery through skyway networks in smart cities. We reformulate the problem of finding an optimal drone service delivery pathway as a more congruent and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Babar Shahzaad , Balsam Alkouz , Jermaine Janszen , Athman Bouguettaya

We propose a novel framework for swarm-based drone delivery services with in-flight energy recharging. The framework aims to enhance the delivery time of multiple packages by reducing the number of stops and recharging times at intermediate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Balsam Alkouz , Amani Abusafia , Abdallah Lakhdari , Athman Bouguettaya

We propose a novel failure-sentient framework for swarm-based drone delivery services. The framework ensures that those drones that experience a noticeable degradation in their performance (called soft failure) and which are part of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Balsam Alkouz , Athman Bouguettaya , Abdallah Lakhdari

We propose an uncertainty-aware service approach to provide drone-based delivery services called Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS) effectively. Specifically, we propose a service model of DaaS based on the dynamic spatiotemporal features of drones…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-12 Ali Hamdi , Flora D. Salim , Du Yong Kim , Azadeh Ghari Neiat , Athman Bouguettaya

We propose a novel game-theoretic approach for drone service composition considering recharging constraints. We design a non-cooperative game model for drone services. We propose a non-cooperative game algorithm for the selection and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-10 Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya , Sajib Mistry

As urban logistics demand continues to grow, UAV delivery has become a key solution to improve delivery efficiency, reduce traffic congestion, and lower logistics costs. However, to fully leverage the potential of UAV delivery networks,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Han Liu , Tian Liu , Kai Huang

Drone swarms are required for the simultaneous delivery of multiple packages. We demonstrate a multi-stop drone swarm-based delivery in a smart city. We leverage formation flying to conserve energy and increase the flight range of a drone…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-31 Xijing Liu , Kevin Lam , Balsam Alkouz , Babar Shahzaad , Athman Bouguettaya

The explosive growth of user devices and emerging applications is driving unprecedented traffic demands, accompanied by stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Addressing these challenges necessitates innovative service…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Mohammad Farhoudi , Masoud Shokrnezhad , Somayeh Kianpisheh , Tarik Taleb

Drones have been considered as an alternative means of package delivery to reduce the delivery cost and time. Due to the battery limitations, the drones are best suited for last-mile delivery, i.e., the delivery from the package…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Behzad Khamidehi , Majid Raeis , Elvino S. Sousa

Drones are becoming a novel means for delivery services. We present a demonstration of drone delivery services in a skyway network that uses the service paradigm. A set of experiments is conducted using Crazyflie drones to collect the data…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Jermaine Janszen , Babar Shahzaad , Balsam Alkouz , Athman Bouguettaya

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have emerged as a promising mode of fast, energy-efficient, and cost-effective package delivery. A considerable number of works have studied different aspects of drone package delivery…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Suttinee Sawadsitang , Dusit Niyato , Puay-Siew Tan , Ping Wang

High-tech giants and start-ups are investing in drone technologies to provide urban air delivery service, which is expected to solve the last-mile problem and mitigate road traffic congestion. However, air delivery service will not scale up…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-08-19 Xinyu He , Fang He , Lishuai Li , Lei Zhang , Gang Xiao

We present a demonstration of service-based trajectory planning for a drone delivery system in a multi-drone skyway network. We conduct several experiments using Crazyflie drones to collect the drone's position data, wind speed and…

Swarm of drones are increasingly being asked to carry out missions that can't be completed by one drone. Particularly, in delivery, issues arise due to the swarm's limited flight endurance. Hence, we propose a novel formation-guided…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Balsam Alkouz , Athman Bouguettaya

We propose a novel framework for the recommendation of swarm-based drone delivery services based on the consumers preferences. We propose a density-based pruning approach that uses the concept of partnerships with charging station providers…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-10 Balsam Alkouz , Athman Bouguettaya , Abdallah Lakhdari
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