The emergence of electric unmanned aerial vehicle (E-UAV) technologies, albeit somewhat
futuristic, is anticipated to pose similar challenges to the system operation as those of …

Excessive search for parking spots in congested areas contributes to additional travel delays
and negative socio-economic impacts. While managing parking utilization to address the …

It is sometimes challenging to plan winter maintenance operations in advance because
snow storms are stochastic with respect to, eg, start time, duration, impact area, and severity …

Abstract Medical Solid Wastes (MSWs) are major hazardous materials containing harmful
biological or chemical compounds that present public and environmental health risks. The …

Traffic incidents often contribute to major safety concerns, impose additional congestion in
the neighboring transportation networks, and induce indirect costs to economy. As roughly a …

We consider a two-stage planning problem where a fleet of snowplow trucks is divided
among a set of independent regions, each of which then designs routes for efficient snow …

In this article, we address a winter maintenance problem where the streets need to be
plowed and gritted in a sequence that depends on the class of the road. The maintenance …

Car-following models have been explored thoroughly for different vehicle types, such as
cars and trucks. Although snowplows can be classified as trucks, their unique physical and …

The environmental and economic advantages of renewable-energy technologies inspire
efforts to encourage the use of electric vehicles (EVs) by business owners and individuals …

It is often very challenging to plan expedient and cost-effective operations for service trucks
under network design constraints, particularly on congested urban roadways. Hence, it is …