Toward a modern last-mile delivery: Consequences and obstacles of intelligent technology

S Sorooshian, S Khademi Sharifabad… - Applied System …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Last-mile delivery (LMD) is essential in supply chains, and providers of logistics services are
aware that they must adapt to changing customer and society expectations, competition …

Public transport for smart cities: Recent innovations and future challenges

YH Kuo, JMY Leung, Y Yan - European Journal of Operational Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The idea of a smart city is one that utilises Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies and data
analytics to optimise the efficiency of city operations and services, so as to provide a high …

[HTML][HTML] AIS data-driven ship trajectory prediction modelling and analysis based on machine learning and deep learning methods

H Li, H Jiao, Z Yang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maritime transport faces new safety challenges in an increasingly complex traffic
environment caused by large-scale and high-speed ships, particularly with the introduction …

Operational Research: methods and applications

F Petropoulos, G Laporte, E Aktas… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

Vehicle routing problems with drones equipped with multi-package payload compartments

MA Masmoudi, S Mancini, R Baldacci… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vehicle routing problem with drones (VRP-D) consists of designing combined truck-
drone routes and schedules to serve a set of customers with specific requests and time …

Towards efficient airline disruption recovery with reinforcement learning

Y Ding, S Wandelt, G Wu, Y Xu, X Sun - Transportation Research Part E …, 2023 - Elsevier
Disruptions to airline schedules precipitate flight delays/cancellations and significant losses
for airline operations. The goal of the integrated airline recovery problem is to develop an …

[HTML][HTML] Deep bi-directional information-empowered ship trajectory prediction for maritime autonomous surface ships

H Li, W Xing, H Jiao, Z Yang, Y Li - Transportation Research Part E …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is critical to have accurate ship trajectory prediction for collision avoidance and intelligent
traffic management of manned ships and emerging Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships …

Deep reinforcement learning-based active flow control of vortex-induced vibration of a square cylinder

W Chen, Q Wang, L Yan, G Hu, BR Noack - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We mitigate vortex-induced vibrations of a square cylinder at a Reynolds number of 100
using deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based active flow control (AFC). The proposed …

Neural multi-objective combinatorial optimization with diversity enhancement

J Chen, Z Zhang, Z Cao, Y Wu, Y Ma… - Advances in Neural …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Most of existing neural methods for multi-objective combinatorial optimization (MOCO)
problems solely rely on decomposition, which often leads to repetitive solutions for the …

[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning for humanitarian relief distribution with trucks and UAVs under travel time uncertainty

R Van Steenbergen, M Mes, W Van Heeswijk - … Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
Effective humanitarian relief operations are challenging in the aftermath of disasters, as
trucks are often faced with considerable travel time uncertainties due to damaged …