The urban logistics system serves an essential role in providing daily necessities for
residents but is vulnerable to resource shortages in disasters. For instance, cluster infections …

Many governments subsidize the agricultural industry, trying to raise the market outputs
either for domestic needs or for export. In many countries, particularly developing countries …

Purpose People donate to charities with the aim of improving society. Yet, many charities fail
to use donations efficiently or have ineffective interventions. The authors explore the …

Purpose Customer resource allocation efficiency (RAE) refers to the ability of customers to
use, allocate and manage their available resource inputs to produce valuable outputs. This …

Urban logistic applications that involve pickup and distribution of goods require making
routing and allocation decisions with respect to a set of sites. In cases where the supply …

Problem definition: The loyalty penalty refers to a pricing strategy where companies charge
higher prices to loyal customers for exploitation while offering lower prices to nonloyal …

Efficient and fair resource allocation is essential in post-disaster relief operations to save
lives and mitigate losses. However, due to the highly dynamic and uncertain relief supplies …

Efficiently realizing a decarbonized energy system relies on effectively aggregating and
equitably allocating cost to consumers and prosumers in distribution networks. This is crucial …

This study addresses the challenge of achieving a more rational allocation of medical
resources at the regional level, using Guangxi Province, China, as a case study. A three …

As an important measure for China to promote institutional opening up in the new era, the
China Free Trade Pilot Zone (PFTZ) plays an important role in promoting the current …