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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Use of unmanned aerial systems -- Unmanned aerial system -- Case studies -- Conclusions -- Mission framework -- Introduction -- Autonomy -- Homogeneous UAV team -- Heterogeneous UAVs team -- UAVUGV teams -- Mission analysis -- Conclusion -- Orienteering and coverage -- Introduction -- Operational research preliminaries -- Orienteering -- Coverage -- Conclusion -- Deployment, patrolling, and foraging -- Introduction -- Aerial deployment -- Patrolling -- Foraging -- Conclusion -- Search, tracking and surveillance -- Introduction -- Basics of search theory and decision support -- Information gathering -- Mobility of targets -- Target search and tracking -- Surveillance -- Conclusion -- General conclusions -- Acronyms.