UAS Flight Path Optimization Model for Effective Monitoring and Surveillance of the Buffer Zone in the UNFICYP Peacekeeping Mission
摘要
The paper deals with modelling of UAS flight paths in the real operating environment of UNFICYP peacekeeping mission. The aim of the model is to optimize the flight paths of both one UAS and group of UAS in order to increase the effectiveness of monitoring and surveillance of defined area of responsibility while respecting the mandate, real spatial conditions, operational requirements and restrictions of UNFICYP. In the paper applied model transforms stabilization tactical activity monitoring and surveillance into the problem of planning UAS flight paths in a graph created from path points distributed in a defined AOR. The article consists of four chapters. The first two chapters formulate a research problem, illustrate the applied research methodology, identify and evaluate current negative areas of the subject of research and point out the causes and consequences of this status. The next two chapters represent the main scientific and experimental part of the paper. Attention is paid to defining criteria and operational requirements for UAS, and the final chapter presents modelling.