Structuring Air Logistics Networks in the Urban Space

Felix Mora-Camino (1) , Bruno Lamiscarre , Georges Mykoniatis (2)

1 UFF - Universidade Federal Fluminense [Rio de Janeiro]
2 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

The paper considers the rather unexplored problem of designing a network that can be associated with an urban airspace so that Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) based logistics can be performed efficiently. This problem is important to guarantee mobility and accessibility for all operators. First, a structure for the lower layers of the urban airspace is proposed, then an optimal network design problem is formulated, and a heuristic solution approach is developed. The paper is related to the subjects of the Smart Cities and the Smart Mobility of the SMART2021 Conference.

Mots clés: UAV; Urban Air Mobility (UAM); Logistics; Graph theory; Optimization and Heuristics

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]

Felix Mora-Camino, Bruno Lamiscarre, Georges Mykoniatis. Structuring Air Logistics Networks in the Urban Space. SMART2021, The Tenth International Conference on Smart Cities, Systems, Devices and Technologies, May 2021, Valencia, Spain. ⟨hal-03313076⟩