With advances in technologies, data science techniques, and computing equipment, there
has been rapidly increasing interest in the applications of reinforcement learning (RL) to …

Vehicle routing problems have been the focus of extensive research over the past sixty
years, driven by their economic importance and their theoretical interest. The diversity of …

Nowadays, the transformations of metropolises into smart cities is a crucial factor in
improving the living conditions of the inhabitants. The goal of the smart city concept is …

E-commerce-related last-mile logistics have a great impact on cities. Recent years have
seen sustained growth in e-commerce in most developed countries, a trend that has only …

Ever-growing globalization and industrialization put forward impending requirements for
green and sustainable logistics (G&SL). Over the past decades, G&SL initiatives triggered …

This paper investigates the opportunity to plan for a novel on-demand freight delivery
service in urban areas with tight service and sustainability requirements. This contribution …

Logistics distribution using electric vehicles (EVs) is gradually becoming popular in urban
logistics networks with the promise of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. A collaborative …

Coincident with the rapid growth of omni-channel retailing, growing urbanization, changing
consumer behavior, and increasing focus on sustainability, academic interest in the area of …

Globalisation, urbanisation and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has been raising the
demand for logistic activities. This change is affecting the entire supply chain, especially the …

Widespread adoption of green vehicles in urban logistics may contribute to the alleviation of
problems such as environmental pollution, global warming, and oil dependency. However …