A survey of dial-a-ride problems: Literature review and recent developments

SC Ho, WY Szeto, YH Kuo, JMY Leung… - … Research Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
There has been a resurgence of interest in demand-responsive shared-ride systems,
motivated by concerns for the environment and also new developments in technologies …

Systematic literature review on collaborative sustainable transportation: overview, analysis and perspectives

A Aloui, N Hamani, R Derrouiche… - Transportation Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last few years, competitiveness, problems of globalization and concerns about
sustainability require new approaches and models for the planning of transport networks …

Horizontal collaborative transport: survey of solutions and practical implementation issues

S Pan, D Trentesaux, E Ballot… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Horizontal collaboration has been considered as effective practice for sustainable logistics
and freight transport and it has gained increased attention in recent years. This paper aims …

Collaborative two-echelon multicenter vehicle routing optimization based on state–space–time network representation

Y Wang, Y Yuan, X Guan, M Xu, L Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Collaboration among service providers in a logistics network can greatly increase their
operation efficiencies and reduce transportation emissions. This study proposes, formulates …

A cooperative game theory approach for location-routing-inventory decisions in humanitarian relief chain incorporating stochastic planning

P Ghasemi, F Goodarzian, J Muñuzuri… - Applied Mathematical …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper describes a new simulation based mathematical model for locating distribution
centres, vehicle routing, and inventory problems under earthquake conditions. In this paper …

Compensation and profit allocation for collaborative multicenter vehicle routing problems with time windows

Y Wang, S Luo, J Fan, M Xu, H Wang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing interest in win–win cooperation within the logistics industry recently,
collaborative multicenter logistics networks have witnessed the establishment of numerous …

Dynamic scheduling of flexible bus services with hybrid requests and fairness: Heuristics-guided multi-agent reinforcement learning with imitation learning

W Wu, Y Zhu, R Liu - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible bus is a class of demand-responsive transit that provides door-to-door service. It is
gaining popularity now but also encounters many challenges, such as high dynamism …

An ALNS algorithm for the static dial-a-ride problem with ride and waiting time minimization

C Pfeiffer, A Schulz - Or Spectrum, 2022 - Springer
The paper investigates the static dial-a-ride problem with ride and waiting time minimization.
This is a new problem setting of significant practical relevance because several ride-sharing …

[HTML][HTML] The value of information sharing for platform-based collaborative vehicle routing

J Los, F Schulte, MTJ Spaan, RR Negenborn - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cooperation is important in order to find efficient vehicle routing solutions for the growing
transportation market. Increasingly, platforms emerge as facilitators for this kind of …

Sustainable collaborative strategy in pharmaceutical refrigerated logistics routing problem

T Chen, F Chu, J Zhang, J Sun - International Journal of Production …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid growth of pharmaceutical refrigerated logistics poses sustainability challenges,
including elevated costs, energy consumption, and resource inefficiency. Collaborating …