Facility location decisions for drone delivery: A literature review

O Dukkanci, JF Campbell, BY Kara - European Journal of Operational …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive literature survey on facility location problems for drone
(uncrewed vehicle) delivery, where either (i) drones are the only vehicles, or (ii) drones and …

Toward smart skies: Reviewing the state of the art and challenges for intelligent air transportation systems (IATS)

S Wandelt, C Zheng - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given an extensive set of challenges, the aviation industry is required to undergo a
transformation into a connected, efficient and sustainable ecosystem. This transformation is …

A hierarchical model for strategic and operational planning in blood transportation with drones

A Amirsahami, F Barzinpour, MS Pishvaee - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Blood transportation is a critical aspect of the healthcare systems, ensuring whole blood and
blood products are delivered to patients in a timely and efficient manner. However …

Satisfaction Evaluation and Sustainability Optimization of Urban Medical Facilities Based on Residents' Activity Data in Nanjing, China

Y Cao, H Wu, L Zhou, F Ding, Q Xu, Y Liu, H Xu, X Lu - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Research on public service facility evaluation has mainly focused on spatial accessibility
and facility quality from a supply perspective, but has rarely focused on the evaluation of …

Stratified -Hub Median and Hub Location Problems: Models and Solution Algorithms

S Wang, S Wandelt, X Sun - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The choice of hub locations is fundamental in various transportation and communication
systems, enabling transshipment, sorting, and consolidation functions. Recent research has …

Autonomous Vehicles for Healthcare Applications: A Review on Mobile Robotic Systems and Drones in Hospital and Clinical Environments

P Marmaglio, D Consolati, C Amici, M Tiboni - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of autonomous vehicles, both ground and airborne, for hospitals and
clinical settings is an extremely interesting topic that has developed rapidly in recent years …

Multi-objective hub location for urban air mobility via self-adaptive evolutionary algorithm

C Zhang, W Du, T Guo, R Yu, T Song, Y Li - Advanced Engineering …, 2025 - Elsevier
As urbanization increases and city populations grow, traditional metropolitan logistics face
challenges in managing the rising volume of goods efficiently. Urban air mobility (UAM) …

Investigation on the Effect of HPM Pulse Width and Repetition Frequency on the AAV

Z Zhang, Y Zhou, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-power microwave (HPM) affects the normal operation of electronic devices or systems,
and the effects are related to the parameters of the microwave pulse. To the best of our …

Meta-Learning Approach for Optimizing Emergency Medical Services in Five Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India: A Daily Demand Prediction Model

T Garg, D Toshniwal, M Parida - India: A Daily Demand Prediction Model - papers.ssrn.com
The study focuses on the identification of significant temporal and weather-related features
that impact the daily demand for Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The study aims to …