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 fast and cost-efficient home delivery of goods ordered online is logistically challenging.
Many companies are looking for new ways to cross the last mile to their customers. One …

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 …

Routing and path planning problems that involve spatial coverage have received increasing
attention in recent years in different application areas. Spatial coverage refers to the …

We demonstrate that autonomous-assisted delivery can yield significant improvements
relative to today's system in which a delivery person must park the vehicle before delivering …

This paper introduces a simultaneous facility location and vehicle routing problem that
arises in health care logistics in the Netherlands. In this problem, the delivery of medication …

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 …

This paper addresses a variant of the Euclidean traveling salesman problem in which the
traveler visits a node if it passes through the neighborhood set of that node. The problem is …

Energy efficiency is one of the most important concerns in wireless sensor networks (WSNs).
As far as we know, almost all energy efficiency researches of WSNs focus on energy …