The paper commences with an analysis of the unique characteristics and challenges inherent in rural logistics, emphasizing the limitations of traditional methods while highlighting the advantages of integrating truck and drone technologies. It proceeds to review the current state of development for these t...
The findings of this review paper summarize the capabilities, barriers and performance outcomes of humanitarian drones applied to logistics operations, management, and governance in a comprehensive framework. More specifically, three important capabilities (i.e., transportation and delivery; surveying and ...
Drone logisticsRouting optimizationLast-mile deliveryUnmanned aerial vehicleThe operational design and planning of drone-based logistics models is a rapidly growing area of scientific research. In this paper, we present a structured, comprehensive, and scalable framework for classifying drone-based delivery...
This paper aims to provide a reality check to the viability of the drone delivery concept. It investigates the potential optimal location of “drone-beehives”, such as the one patented by Amazon and their potential economic viability as a function of the density of reachable population (living ...
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For example, drone delivery is no longer a sci-fi storyline—it’s a business reality, which means there are new needs to be met. We’ve learned a lot in the process, and we want to thank this community for your engagement along the way. In the spirit of forward momentum, we will...
This paper focuses on the vehicle routing optimization problem with carbon emission and time window double constraints for on time demand of customers. Based on the characteristics of on-time demand and green distribution, the distributi... M Liu,X Nie - First International Symposium on Economics ...
Everything was paid on the basis of exchange for something. People would trade grains for utensils and likewise. Then came physical assets as a form of payment like precious gems and metals, replaced later on by paper money – the cash currency such as Dollars, Euros, etc. And in today’...
Thereby, this paper considers the relaxation of these constraints and proposes a mode of Multi-visits Drone-Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery Service(MDVRPSPD), whose objective is to minimize the distance traveled by drones and vehicles and the number of drones used. ...
This paper reviews air-ground collaboration, the Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) collaborative system as the research targets. Firstly, the essential elements of UGVs and UAVs are introduced. Secondly, the types of equipment, sensors, missions, environments, ...