This paper surveys the state-of-the-art optimization approaches in the civil application of
drone operations (DO) and drone-truck combined operations (DTCO) including construction …

This paper considers a last-mile delivery system in which a delivery truck operates in
coordination with a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones). Deploying UAVs …

Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) need multiple refuels to accomplish large area
coverage. We propose the use of a mobile ground vehicle (GV), constrained to travel on a …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play a crucial role in enhancing search and rescue (SAR)
operations by accessing inaccessible areas, accomplishing challenging tasks, and …

Control algorithms of a multiagent system (MAS) have been applied to many Internet of
Things devices, such as unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) open new methods for efficient and rapid transportation in
urban logistics distribution, where task allocation is a significant issue. In urban logistics …

Highlights What are the main findings? Developed a combined task scheduling and path
planning framework for enabling optimized and safe drone delivery services in an urban …

New technologies are transforming facilities and vehicles into intelligent systems that will
significantly modify logistics deliveries. With the appearance of automated vehicles, multiple …

This paper addresses task assignment (TA) for multivehicle systems. Multivehicle TA
problems are formulated as a combinatorial optimization problem and further as a global …

Recent studies in warehouse logistics have highlighted the importance of multi-robot
collaboration in collective transport scenarios, where multiple robots work together to lift and …