Paper Info
Title
A systematic literature review and research directions of agent-based simulation for unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian applications
Abstract
Recently, the civilian applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are gaining more interest in several domains. Due to operational costs, safety concerns, and legal regulations, Agent-Based Simulation (ABS) is commonly used to design models and conduct tests. This has resulted in numerous research works addressing ABS in civilian UAV applications. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the ABS contribution in civilian UAV applications by conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on the relevant research in the previous ten years. Following the SLR methodology, this objective is broken down into several research questions aiming to (i) understand the evolution of ABS use in civilian UAV applications and identify the related hot research topics, (ii) identify the underlying artificial intelligence systems used in the literature, (iii) understand how and when ABS is integrated in broader and more complex internet of things & ubiquitous computing environments, and (iv) identity the communication technologies, tools, and evaluation techniques used to design, implement, and test the proposed ABS models. From the SLR results, key research directions are highlighted including problems related to autonomy, explainability, security, flight duration, integration within smart cities, regulations, and validation & verification of the UAV behavior.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1016/j.future.2019.04.051
Future Generation Computer Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multi-agent systems,Agent-based simulation,Unmanned aerial vehicle,Systematic literature review,Civilian applications
Systems engineering,Systematic review,Computer science,Autonomy,Internet of Things,Operational costs,Ubiquitous computing,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
100
0167-739X
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yazan Mualla177.23
Amro Najjar21616.58
Alaa Daoud320.48
Stéphane Galland419223.57
Christophe Nicolle56815.68
Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar611842.31
Elhadi Shakshuki757077.34