Optimal Heterogeneous UAV Deployment for Diverse Meta-Users Scenarios

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Almasoud, Muhammad Iqbal, and 1 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7820444/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This paper presents a novel deployment of heterogeneous UAVs in different scenarios where users are facilitated according to different sizes of UAVs. This research will help minimize the deployment of UAVs by selecting the correct size according to user demand, which will attain the goal of cost-effectiveness. Besides, the providence of maximum connections and ensuring reliable connection with proper distance maintenance remain important aspects. An optimal algorithm is proposed to achieve the aforementioned design accompanying some system constraints. It can be seen in the simulation that the optimal algorithm stabilizes the number of users according to size with economic effectiveness in more appropriate way compared to Iterative Rounding Algorithm (IRA) and heuristic algorithm. Simulation results and discussion prove the authenticity of the work. UAF/V meta-users classification placement heterogeneous size optimal Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 26 Feb, 2026 Reviews received at journal 26 Feb, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 26 Feb, 2026 Reviewers invited by journal 25 Feb, 2026 Editor assigned by journal 31 Oct, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 10 Oct, 2025 First submitted to journal 09 Oct, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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