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 …

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is rapidly growing in popularity. Initially
introduced for military purposes, over the past few years, UAVs and related technologies …

The vehicle routing problem with drones (VRPD) is inspired by the increasing interest in
commercial drone delivery by companies such as Amazon, Google, DHL, and Walmart. In …

The Traveling Salesman Problem with a Drone (TSP-D) is a hybrid truck and drone model of
delivery, in which the drone rides on the truck and launches from the truck to deliver …

Arc routing problems (ARPs) are defined and introduced. Following a brief history of
developments in this area of research, different types of ARPs are described that are …

The mothership and drone routing problem (MDRP) considers the routing of a two-vehicle
tandem. The larger vehicle, which may be a ship or an airplane, is called the mothership; the …

Task allocation is a key aspect of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarm collaborative
operations. With an continuous increase of UAVs' scale and the complexity and uncertainty …

Emerging technologies such as drone delivery services enable retailers to cost‐effectively
offer unprecedented delivery speed and adaptable delivery lead times using dedicated …

This paper addresses a variant of the classical Traveling Salesman Problem known as
Close-Enough Traveling Salesman Problem. In this problem, there is a set of nodes …

This paper studies a generalization of the close enough traveling salesman problem
referred to as the generalized close enough traveling salesman problem (GCETSP). The …