An Optimization Model of UAV-aided Searching Procedures for Mountain Rescue

在自然灾害监测、植被测绘和山地救援等场景中，无人机被认为是一种经济高效、灵活的遥感平台。在山地救援领域，由于变量太多，缺乏证据或经验数据来衡量或限定无人机辅助山地救援行动的有效性，这是一个关键问题。本研究旨在基于蒙特卡罗树搜索算法、全局灵敏度分析和联合仿真等现有建模技术，研究和开发一种系统的山地救援无人机辅助搜索模型。另一个主要的研究重点是从现有的搜索理论中找出影响检测概率和有效扫描宽度的主要因素。一旦开发出无人机辅助山地救援模型，将用于运行一系列虚拟野外试验和实际山地救援标准操作程序。本研究的潜在应用主要来自两个方面。首先，我们将设计并引入一个搜索模型，该模型总结并列出了无人机辅助山地救援行动的一系列关键因素。第二个贡献是为搜索和救援队提供无人机操作程序，包括详细的救援策略、路径规划轨迹、推荐的目标检测算法和其他相关的技术指导。山地救援标准操作程序旨在为山地救援队提供具体的无人机相关建议和建议。

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been considered as cost-effective and flexible remote sensing platforms in scenarios like natural disaster monitoring, vegetation mapping and mountain rescue. In the field of mountain rescue, one of the critical problems comes from the lack of evidence or empirical data to measure or qualify the effectiveness of mountain rescue UAV-aided operations due to the number of variables. This research aims to investigate and develop a systematic UAV-aided searching model in mountain rescue based on the existing modelling techniques, such as the Monte Carlo tree search algorithm, global sensitivity analysis, and co-simulation. Another main research focus is finding the primary factors for both detection probabilities and effective sweep width from the current state-of-art in search theories. Once the UAV-aided mountain rescue model is developed, it will be used to run a series of virtual field trials and practical mountain rescue standard operating procedures.The potential applications of this research mainly come from two aspects. First, we will design and introduce a searching model, which summarises and lists a series of critical factors in UAV-aided mountain rescue operations. The second contribution is providing UAV operating procedures for search and rescue teams, including detailed rescue strategies, path planning trajectories, recommended object detection algorithms and other associated technical guidance. The mountain rescue standard operating procedures aim to provide specific UAV related advice and recommendation to the mountain rescue teams.