<p>Driven by the critical demand for efficient and compliant aerial operations in urban public health—particularly for vector-borne disease control—this study proposes a wind-sensitive trajectory optimization framework for multi-drone ultra-low volume (ULV) spraying. By integrating a Wind-Induced Stretched Deposition Footprint (WISDF) model with pesticide efficacy decay, we construct a unified objective that maximizes coverage and deposition uniformity while minimizing overspray risk and energy consumption. To tackle the high-dimensional constrained optimization, we develop an enhanced Collaborative Grey Wolf Optimization (C-GWO<sup>+</sup>) algorithm incorporating Opposition-Based Learning initialization, a cooperative sub-swarm mechanism, and a stagnation reset strategy to strengthen global exploration and mitigate premature convergence. Comprehensive experiments in complex wind fields show that C-GWO<sup>+</sup> achieves superior solution quality, outperforming state-of-the-art meta-heuristics such as PSO and SSA by 5.7% and 16.3% in comprehensive fitness, respectively. From an engineering perspective, compared to the Lawnmower baseline, C-GWO<sup>+</sup> reduces the operational energy proxy by approximately 43% while ensuring superior deposition consistency. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests against standard GWO confirm statistically significant improvements (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001) in coverage rate, uniformity, and safety compliance (overspray control), providing a robust and low-carbon solution for precise urban epidemic prevention.</p>

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Optimization of ultra-low volume spray for multi-drone based on wind sensitivity

  • Dachuan Zheng,
  • Bing Wang,
  • Yuzhe Lin,
  • Weijie Shi,
  • Peishun Liu

摘要

Driven by the critical demand for efficient and compliant aerial operations in urban public health—particularly for vector-borne disease control—this study proposes a wind-sensitive trajectory optimization framework for multi-drone ultra-low volume (ULV) spraying. By integrating a Wind-Induced Stretched Deposition Footprint (WISDF) model with pesticide efficacy decay, we construct a unified objective that maximizes coverage and deposition uniformity while minimizing overspray risk and energy consumption. To tackle the high-dimensional constrained optimization, we develop an enhanced Collaborative Grey Wolf Optimization (C-GWO+) algorithm incorporating Opposition-Based Learning initialization, a cooperative sub-swarm mechanism, and a stagnation reset strategy to strengthen global exploration and mitigate premature convergence. Comprehensive experiments in complex wind fields show that C-GWO+ achieves superior solution quality, outperforming state-of-the-art meta-heuristics such as PSO and SSA by 5.7% and 16.3% in comprehensive fitness, respectively. From an engineering perspective, compared to the Lawnmower baseline, C-GWO+ reduces the operational energy proxy by approximately 43% while ensuring superior deposition consistency. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests against standard GWO confirm statistically significant improvements (p < 0.001) in coverage rate, uniformity, and safety compliance (overspray control), providing a robust and low-carbon solution for precise urban epidemic prevention.