6 papers
Integrated Exploration-Aware UAV Route Optimization and Path Planning
Jimin Choi, Grant Stagg, Cameron K. Peterson +1
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used for exploration-driven monitoring in hazardous environments such as disaster zones, contaminated sites, wildfire areas, and da…
Autonomous Air-Ground Vehicle Operations Optimization in Hazardous Environments: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach
Jimin Choi, Max Z. Li
Hazardous environments such as chemical spills, radiological zones, and bio-contaminated sites pose significant threats to human safety and public infrastructure. Rapid and reliabl…
Pathfinders in the Sky: Formal Decision-Making Models for Collaborative Air Traffic Control in Convective Weather
Jimin Choi, Kartikeya Anand, Husni R. Idris +2
Air traffic can be significantly disrupted by weather. Pathfinder operations involve assigning a designated aircraft to assess whether airspace that was previously impacted by weat…
Bi-Level Route Optimization and Path Planning with Hazard Exploration
Jimin Choi, Grant Stagg, Cameron K. Peterson +1
Effective risk monitoring in dynamic environments such as disaster zones requires an adaptive exploration strategy to detect hidden threats. We propose a bi-level unmanned aerial v…
Collaborative Decision-Making and Optimal Utilization of Pathfinding Flights during Convective Weather
Jimin Choi, Husni R. Idris, Huy T. Tran +1
Air traffic operations are strongly influenced by convective weather, and one common response is pathfinder operations, in which a designated aircraft tests the viability of weathe…
Bayesian Ambiguity Contraction-based Adaptive Robust Markov Decision Processes for Adversarial Surveillance Missions
Jimin Choi, Max Z. Li
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) are envisioned to enable autonomous Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions in contested environments, where adversaries…