The journal retracts the article, “Ground Risk Estimation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Probability Approximation for Impact Positions with Multi-Uncertainties” [1].
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding an overlap between this publication [1] and an earlier article [2] published by a different author [2].
Adhering to our complaint’s procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board which confirmed a significant overlap, which included equations (Equations (1)–(26)), text and figures (Figures 2 and 3), between these two publications [1,2], without appropriate acknowledgement or citation.
As a result, the Editorial Board have decided to retract this article as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30, accessed on 25 May 2024).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Electronics.
The authors agree with the retraction.
References
- Liu, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, X.; Li, Y. RETRACTED: Ground Risk Estimation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Probability Approximation for Impact Positions with Multi-Uncertainties. Electronics 2023, 12, 829. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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