Crowd-ship** promises social, economic, and environmental benefits covering a range of
stakeholders. Yet, at the same time, many crowd-ship** initiatives face multiple barriers …

The last-mile delivery is one of the most challenging logistics issues arising from B2C e-
commerce. Companies operating online have to meet stringent requirements in terms of …

Purpose This paper focusses on on-demand food delivery (ODFD), ie the delivery of freshly
prepared meals to customers' homes, enabled by the use of online platforms. In ODFD, a …

Last-mile delivery (LMD) refers to the movement of goods from transportation origins to the
final destinations. It has widespread applications such as urban logistics, e-commerce, etc …

The popularity of round-the-clock online shop** urges the rapid growth of e-commerce,
which substantially generates additional parcels for the distribution on the forward side. On …

The revolution of online shop** in recent years demands corresponding evolution in
delivery services in urban areas. To cater to this trend, delivery by the crowd has become an …

Since their launch in the early 1990's, recommender systems (RSs) have played an
essential role in information filtering and providing personalized information to users by …

Crowd logistics, as an emerging delivery paradigm, provides a cost-efficient way of
leveraging crowdsourcing couriers to help express enterprises to match the surging delivery …

Maximizing Influence (Max-Inf) query is a fundamental operation in spatial data
management. Given a set of weighted objects, this query aims to find an optimal location …

The product buying preference of customers is shifting from traditional to online buying
which shows significant changes in the behavior of purchasing. This shift in the trend of …