Artificial Intelligence and Optimization in Aircraft Design and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E2: Control Theory and Mechanics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 683
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Interests: machine learning and artificial intelligence; aircraft design optimization; unmanned aerial vehicles
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Dear Colleagues,
Urban air mobility (UAM) opens up the possibility of a new era for air travel. UAM has emerged as a safe and efficient air transportation system where every vehicle involved, from small package delivery drones to passenger aircraft, is operating above populated areas. However, along with these promising benefits, challenges also arise. In particular, we need to create complex coupled system-level designs, realize fast interactive decision-making, and maintain higher system reliability and robustness by incentivizing cutting-edge research. One of the main forces is artificial intelligence (AI), which enables various design optimization architectures (such as optimal inverse design mapping and multi-fidelity design), realizes real-time decision-making via surrogate modeling, and considers uncertainty within design optimization. In addition, researchers also utilize AI for computer vision, intelligent parameterization, optimal trajectory design, optimal experimental design, etc.
In line with the goal of the Mathematics journal, the aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for researchers to present their original research contributions. In particular, this Special Issue focuses on AI and design optimization in UAM and hopes to inspire novel research products with large-scale practical applications.
Dr. Xiaosong Du
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban air mobility
- drones
- aircraft
- artificial intelligence
- design optimization
- surrogate modeling
- optimal trajectory design
- optimal experimental design
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