Physics-Informed Telemetry Simulation and Shap-Based Explainable Machine Learning for Multi-Sensor UAV Fault Diagnosis
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2026-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2545-2835
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 37
Submitted on: Jan 26, 2026
Accepted on: Mar 16, 2026
Published on: Jun 17, 2026
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