TY - BOOK ID - 137419532 TI - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles : Platforms, Applications, Security and Services AU - Calafate, Carlos Tavares AU - Tropea, Mauro PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - computer vision KW - oil well working condition KW - real-time detection KW - sort KW - unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) KW - YOLOv3 KW - UAV KW - autonomous landing KW - vision-based KW - ArduSim KW - ArUco marker KW - blind signature KW - security KW - MEC KW - UAVs KW - FANET KW - 5G KW - IoT KW - Mutual authentication KW - Privacy KW - Traceable KW - BAN logic KW - coverage model KW - human mobility model KW - UAVs/drones positioning KW - energy model KW - UAS KW - horizon KW - undistortion KW - FPGA KW - sense-and-avoid KW - LoRaWAN KW - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles KW - topology control KW - virtual spring forces KW - firefighting communications KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137419532 AB - The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) plays an important role in supporting human activities. Man is concentrating more and more on intellectual work, and trying to automate practical activities as much as possible in order to increase their efficiency. In this regard, the use of drones is increasingly becoming a key aspect of this automation process, offering many advantages, including agility, efficiency and reduced risk, especially in dangerous missions. Hence, this Special Issue focuses on applications, platforms and services where UAVs can be used as facilitators for the task at hand, also keeping in mind that security should be addressed from its different perspectives, ranking from communications security to operational security, and furthermore considering privacy issues. ER -