This paper focuses on three areas: the first is a review of current knowledge about social
and service robots for elderly care. The second is an optimization conceptual model aimed …

Background: This publication presents a review, multiple criteria optimization models, and a
practical example pertaining to the integration of automated smart locker systems, capillary …

Drones are increasingly used for last-mile delivery due to their speed and cost-effectiveness.
This study focuses on a novel locker-drone delivery system, where trucks transport parcels …

The rapid growth of electronic commerce is having an impact on the way urban logistics are
organized. In metropolitan settings, the last-mile delivery problem, ie, the problem regarding …

This article addresses the problem of estimating the demand for public transport from two
approaches. First, we propose a bilevel optimization problem that allows estimating the …

This research investigates the potential of collection point delivery (CPD) for delivering
goods to designated collection points instead of individual addresses, offering an alternative …

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Cross Society of China played a crucial
role in distributing medical donations, but the initial efforts were inefficient and neglected …

The disruptions experienced by the last mile delivery processes during the SARS-CoV-2
pandemic have inevitably raised the dilemma of alternative last mile approaches in Urban …

This paper presents a strategy based on binary labelling of nodes for the creation of anti-
loop formulations from existing strategies. This strategy prevents by default the formation of …

The rise of e-commerce, greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has created a
need for more efficient and dependable delivery methods. As a result, alternative delivery …