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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,469 Views
22 Pages

Benchmarking MARL for UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing Under Realistic 3D Collision Avoidance Navigation Constraints for Periodic Task Offloading

  • Jiacheng Gu,
  • Qingxu Meng,
  • Qiurui Sun,
  • Bing Zhu and ,
  • Songnan Zhao and
  • Shaode Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT applications has intensified the demand for low-latency and reliable computation support for deadline-constrained periodic real-time tasks. While unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) enabling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,194 Views
22 Pages

20 June 2023

As an emerging network paradigm, the space–air–ground integrated network (SAGIN) has garnered attention from academia and industry. That is because SAGIN can implement seamless global coverage and connections among electronic devices in s...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,463 Views
22 Pages

Hybrid Task Coordination Using Multi-Hop Communication in Volunteer Computing-Based VANETs

  • Abdul Waheed,
  • Munam Ali Shah,
  • Abid Khan,
  • Carsten Maple and
  • Ikram Ullah

12 April 2021

Computation offloading is a process that provides computing services to vehicles with computation sensitive jobs. Volunteer Computing-Based Vehicular Ad-hoc Networking (VCBV) is envisioned as a promising solution to perform task executions in vehicul...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
351 Views
26 Pages

Scene-Adaptive Task Offloading in Heterogeneous Edge Networks via Graph Neural Network-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning

  • Lingtao Xue,
  • Xuewen Dong,
  • Xinyu Hu,
  • Yuanyuan Zhang and ,
  • Lingxiao Yang and
  • Gang Xiao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 August 2026

Efficient task offloading in UAV-assisted heterogeneous mobile edge computing (MEC) networks is increasingly challenged by the co-existence of operationally distinct workload scenarios—including high-demand bursts, resource-constrained periods,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Intelligent Computing and Systems Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,570 Views
25 Pages

Time and Cost Efficient Cloud Resource Allocation for Real-Time Data-Intensive Smart Systems

  • Muhammad Shuaib Qureshi,
  • Muhammad Bilal Qureshi,
  • Muhammad Fayaz,
  • Muhammad Zakarya and ,
  • Sheraz Aslam and
  • Asadullah Shah
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

31 October 2020

Cloud computing is the de facto platform for deploying resource- and data-intensive real-time applications due to the collaboration of large scale resources operating in cross-administrative domains. For example, real-time systems are generated by sm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data-Intensive Computing in Smart Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
970 Views
26 Pages

10 March 2026

Vehicular Edge Computing (VEC) can effectively guarantee the service experience of user vehicles, but resource-limited Roadside Units (RSUs) may face insufficient computing capacity during task peak periods. Utilizing Assisting Vehicles (AVs) with id...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Edge Computing for Resource Sharing and Sensing in IoT Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,237 Views
20 Pages

23 March 2026

Edge computing is now widely used to support real-time and safety-critical IoT services. However, current edge schedulers usually optimize only performance, while security verification and trust assessment are handled as separate modules. This separa...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,832 Views
31 Pages

7 November 2025

The paradigm of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications assisted by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is poised to revolutionize the future of sixth-generation (6G) intelligent transportation systems, as outlined by the international mobi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in UAV Networks Towards 6G)
  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
474 Views
40 Pages

Generative artificial intelligence can enhance the quality and visibility of advanced learners’ work while making it harder to determine what the resulting performance reveals about their independent competence. This theoretical paper develops...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reframing Human Intelligence in the Digital Age: Cognitive Development, Adaptive Functioning, and Sustainable Human Futures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
502 Views
24 Pages

Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities integrate natural gas liquefaction, storage, and offloading into a single vessel. During ship-to-ship (STS) side-by-side offloading, an LNG carrier (LNGC) moors alongside the FLNG to transfer liquefied...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Enhanced Dynamics and Reliability Analysis of Marine Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
933 Views
22 Pages

Vocal-Eyes: AI-Powered Smart Glasses for the Blind Using Transformer-Based Architecture and Scene Graph Generation

  • Amna Shabbir,
  • Uzma Afsheen,
  • Muhammad Faizan Shirazi,
  • Abdul Rauf and ,
  • Syed Muhammad Meesam Abbas,
  • Shahid Saeed,
  • Abdul Samad Khan,
  • Safdar Rizvi and
  • Nurashikin Saaludin
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Visually impaired individuals face significant challenges in autonomous mobility and situational awareness. Most existing assistive technologies address isolated tasks, such as object recognition or text reading, while failing to capture broader envi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wearable Vital Signs and Activities Detection: Systems and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,232 Views
25 Pages

Resource Allocation Optimization Model for Computing Continuum

  • Mihaela Mihaiu,
  • Bogdan-Costel Mocanu,
  • Cătălin Negru,
  • Alina Petrescu-Niță and
  • Florin Pop

27 January 2025

The exponential growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has led to massive volumes of data, challenging traditional centralized processing paradigms. The cloud–edge continuum computing model has emerged as a promising solution to address thi...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,683 Views
25 Pages

30 November 2023

With the advantages of real-time data processing and flexible deployment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted mobile edge computing systems are widely used in both civil and military fields. However, due to limited energy, it is usually difficult...

(This article belongs to the Section Communications)