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 …

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 …

This paper deals with the problem of coordinating a truck and multiple heterogeneous
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) for last-mile package deliveries. Existing …

In recent years, e-commerce businesses have seen an increase in the daily volume of
packages to be delivered, as well as an increase in the number of particularly demanding …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or aerial drones, are an emerging technology with
significant market potential. UAVs may lead to substantial cost savings in, for instance …

The vehicle routing problem with drones (VRPD) is an extension of the classic capacitated
vehicle routing problem, where not only trucks but drones are used to deliver parcels to …

The cooperation of trucks and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has become a new delivery
method in the area of logistics and transportation. In this form of cooperation, the trucks are …

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 …