In the wake of e-commerce and its successful diffusion in most commercial activities, last- mile distribution causes more and more trouble in urban areas all around the globe …
The interest in using drones in various applications has grown significantly in recent years. The reasons are related to the continuous advances in technology, especially the advent of …
The operational design and planning of drone-based logistics models is a rapidly growing area of scientific research. In this paper, we present a structured, comprehensive, and …
Climate change has introduced significant challenges that can affect multiple sectors, including the agricultural one. In particular, according to the Food and Agriculture …
Abstract The Multiple Traveling Salesman Problem (MTSP) is among the most interesting combinatorial optimization problems because it is widely adopted in real-life applications …
SH Chung, B Sah, J Lee - Computers & Operations Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper surveys the state-of-the-art optimization approaches in the civil application of drone operations (DO) and drone-truck combined operations (DTCO) including construction …
M Jones, S Djahel, K Welsh - ACM Computing Surveys, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to make a significant impact in a range of scenarios where it is too risky or too costly to rely on human labour. Fleets of autonomous …
CC Murray, R Raj - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper considers a last-mile delivery system in which a delivery truck operates in coordination with a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones). Deploying UAVs …
The adoption of autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) across various delivery applications has rapidly accelerated in recent years. This growth can be attributed to advancements in …