Energy and task completion time minimization algorithm for UAVs-empowered MEC SYSTEM

• Published in: Sustainable computing informatics and systems Vol. 35; p. 100698
• Main Authors: Asim, Muhammad, Mashwani, Wali Khan, A. Abd El-Latif, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Clustering algorithm; Differential evolution; Mobile edge computing; Tabu search algorithm; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Differential evolution; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Clustering algorithm; Mobile edge computing; Tabu search algorithm

•We propose a new UAVs-empowered MEC system, where a number of UAVs are deployed to serve user equipments.•In order to reduce the weighted sum of the energy consumption and task completion time of the system, we optimize the trajectories of UAVs in a UAVs-empowered MEC system.•We propose an energy a...