Summary of Meta Reinforcement Learning For Strategic Iot Deployments Coverage in Disaster-response Uav Swarms, by Marwan Dhuheir et al.
Meta Reinforcement Learning for Strategic IoT Deployments Coverage in Disaster-Response UAV Swarms
by Marwan Dhuheir, Aiman Erbad, Ala Al-Fuqaha
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this research, a system model is proposed for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to navigate an area collecting data from ground IoT devices and provide wireless services to critical emergency applications. The UAV swarm’s limited resources, energy budget, and strict mission completion time pose challenges. To address these issues, the authors introduce an optimization model that minimizes total energy consumption while ensuring optimal path planning under constraints of minimum completion time and transmit power. However, this formulated optimization problem is NP-hard, making it impractical for real-time decision-making. A light-weight meta-reinforcement learning solution is introduced to cope with sudden environmental changes through fast convergence. The proposed approach outperforms three state-of-the-art algorithms in providing coverage to strategic locations with rapid adaptation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this research, scientists are developing ways for drones to collect data and provide services during emergencies like natural disasters. This is important because drones can move quickly and easily, but they also have limited power and time. The researchers created a model that helps the drones use as little energy as possible while still getting the job done. However, this problem is very hard to solve in real-time, so they came up with a new way of learning that can adapt quickly to changes. They tested their approach against three other methods and found it worked better for covering important areas. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Optimization * Reinforcement learning
