Purpose Urban consolidation centre (UCC) is a popular initiative targeting the challenge of
negative environmental and social impacts from freight transports in cities. Despite this, UCC …

City logistics refers to the process of total optimisation of the logistics and transport activities
in urban areas while considering economic, environmental, social and safety aspects. This …

The transport of goods is essential for the economic growth of cities and regions. Urban
freight transportation makes up a very small percentage of the total transportation time for …

Location analysis for a consolidation facility is a multi-criteria challenge, compounded by
spatial constraints in real-world scenarios such as those found in inner-city areas. However …

Urban logistics has been a subject of interest to researchers and practitioners for more than
20 years in France and Europe, and more than 40 in the United States. Nevertheless, the …

El análisis de la gestión de activos fijos, es un aspecto que se realiza a lo largo del ciclo de
vida de los mismos. Se estudió la variación de los indicadores de gestión de las entidades …

Abstract The Traveling Backpacker Problem (TBP) has been recently proposed to address
the growing use of air transportation for tourism. It aims to identify routes with the minimum …

Healthcare systems are evolving towards a complex network of interconnected services due
to the increasing costs and the increasing expectations for high service levels. It is …

The Location-Routing Problem (LRP) becomes a more intricate subject when the limits of
capacities of vehicles and warehouses are considered, which is an NP-hard problem …

Locations of storage area and hub are important factor of transport cost. To determine
locations, increased transport cost against variable numbers of storage areas and hubs must …