Task Parameter Planning Algorithm for UAV Area Complete Coverage in EO Sector Scanning Mode

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Maybe I missunderstood something. What are the parameters that are being optimized by the immune algorithm? V, h and \omega? are these parameters optimized before the flight starts and then they remain constant? second question. In real scenarios, the ground level is not constant, have you considered this? in a realtime experiment would you always meassuring height in order to set h constant? or would you optimize the parameters again after some flight time?. what would demand more energy, to ensure the same h always? or maybe just increase (or decrease) \omega?

In addition, I have some comments that would improve the quality of the paper

Minors:

 

1. Some grammatical errors, I would suggest editing help from someone with full professional proficiency in English.

 

2. "At present, many researches on UAV area coverage focus on route planning algorithm, mainly focusing on effective planning of covered routes in complex areas" -> this statement needs the reference to some of these works (different from those using boustrophedon method [14,15]).

 

3. The contribution is not clear. In introduction, when the authors say: "In general, there are several problems in the current research, as follows:...." after this list, the authors should explain what problem they are solving.

4. I would change every "Fig" -> "Figure" (just lik the caption)

I would change every "Algo" -> "Algorithm"

I would change every "Tab" -> "Table" 

 

Major:

 

1. The algorithm should be compared with other multi-objective techniques.

Some grammatical errors, I would suggest editing help from someone with full professional proficiency in English.

e.g.

1. proposed; Then

2. didn`t not

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Reviewer 2 Report

- The title is unnecessarily long (as it is longer than 15 words). Please include the most important information in the title. e.g. the word 'Research on' is not required.

- Reduce the background details in the abstract. Instead mention details on your actual work. e.g. algorithm for task parameter planning - Write quantitatively e.g. How much 'effectively' is 'effectively improve'? - Update your literature review on UAV optimization by including recently published articles e.g. 10.1371/journal.pone.0283923 (2023).  - Also, mention other route planning techniques for UAVs e.g. leader follower (10.1007/s42452-019-0551-z) - It is not clear on how the present research addresses each of the problems listed in Line 114-129. - How much is the search efficiency of the optimized algorithm? What about the rate of missing areas? - List the challenges associated when deploying such an algorithm on a real UAV in a prctical search and rescue scenerio.

Moderate English language editing required.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

This revision has significantly improved the manuscript. The authors have taken into account my previous comments. 

Reviewer 2 Report

All suggested comments have been addressed. The paper may be accepted for publciation.

Minor editing of English language required.