Title: Unmanned aerial vehicles for touristry purpose - a comprehensive survey on its security and safety aspects

Authors: Xiufang Zhang; Yujun Zhu; Shuai Wang

Addresses: Xi'an Eurasia University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710065, China ' Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710048, China ' Xi'an Eurasia University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710065, China

Abstract: Numerous tourist destinations and attractions in China, including national parks, canyons, seaside locations, etc., have experienced an increase in theft, kidnapping, and property loss instances. Due to the limitation, there are not enough security personnel to cover the vast coastline region. Unmanned aerial vehicles are one method that may be used to patrol such areas. This type of use will not only protect the tourist destination but also advertise it globally. This research proposes an effective optimisation technique to determine the precise number of UAVs needed to carry out security and safety of tourists. In simplified terms, the reader will be able to obtain an optimum approach to deal with the constraints of UAVs, such as long-duration missions with improved economic system design and operational scheduling concerns concurrently. The economic system design and operational plan are also presented, along with a clever hypothesis based on information.

Keywords: tourism; unmanned aerial vehicle; UAV; safety; security; economic investment; operational schedule; optimisation model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2023.133433

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2023 Vol.43 No.4, pp.360 - 369

Received: 08 Aug 2022
Received in revised form: 06 Oct 2022
Accepted: 16 Oct 2022
Published online: 15 Sep 2023 *

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