Drones are receiving popularity with time due to their advanced mobility. Although they were
initially deployed for military purposes, they now have a wide array of applications in various …

The use of drones for package delivery, commonly known as drone delivery or unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery, has gained significant attention from academia and industries …

This paper addresses the design of a parcel delivery system using drones, which includes
the strategic planning of the system and operational planning for a given region. The amount …

Drones have been regarded as a promising means for future delivery industry by many
logistics companies. Several drone-based delivery systems have been proposed but they …

Delivery drones provide a promising sensing platform for smart cities thanks to their city-
wide infrastructure and large-scale deployment. However, due to limited battery lifetime and …

Drone-based delivery represents a possible way of performing last-mile logistics activities
with potential benefits on process efficiency, traffic congestion, and pollution emissions …

Emerging unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies have motivated logistics carriers to
seek last-mile parcel delivery through the air so as to benefit from its convenience and …

In a near future drones are likely to become a viable way of distributing parcels in a urban
environment. In this paper we consider the parallel drone scheduling traveling salesman …

This paper suggests a methodology (conception and principles) for building two-mode
monitoring systems (SMs) for industrial facilities and their adjacent territories based on the …

The logistics infrastructure in urban areas has been gradually strengthened; however,
delivery demand on small islands or in mountainous regions might not be met in a timely …