Restructured society and environment: A review on potential technological strategies to control the COVID-19 pandemic

RM Elavarasan, R Pugazhendhi - Science of the Total Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) in China at December 2019 had led to a global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 …

Hybrid truck-drone delivery systems: A systematic literature review

B Madani, M Ndiaye - IEEE Access, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the continued development of e-commerce, logisticians now have an outstanding
obligation to tackle last-mile delivery challenges. A number of logistics providers have …

Solving the vehicle routing problem with drone for delivery services using an ant colony optimization algorithm

SH Huang, YH Huang, CA Blazquez… - Advanced Engineering …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
E-commerce and logistics companies are facing important challenges to satisfy the rapid
growth of customer demands. Unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones are an emerging …

Drone application in smart cities: The general overview of security vulnerabilities and countermeasures for data communication

HPD Nguyen, DD Nguyen - Development and Future of Internet of Drones …, 2021‏ - Springer
With the boost of technologies in computing, the Internet of things (IoT), and Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT), the demand for using drones has been increased in …

A survey of truck–drone routing problem: Literature review and research prospects

YJ Liang, ZX Luo - Journal of the Operations Research Society of China, 2022‏ - Springer
The vehicle routing problem (VRP) has been an important research topic in operations
research for decades. The major applications of the VRP arise in transportation, especially …

How the wind can be leveraged for saving energy in a truck-drone delivery system

FB Sorbelli, F Corò, L Palazzetti… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we investigate the impact of the wind in a drone-based delivery system. For the
first time, to the best of our knowledge, we adapt the trajectory of the drone to the wind. We …

Optimization of the drone-assisted pickup and delivery problem

T Mulumba, A Diabat - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The proposition of utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), colloquially known as drones,
for the purpose of delivery was ushered into the mainstream by Amazon in 2013. Since then …

On the scheduling of conflictual deliveries in a last-mile delivery scenario with truck-carried drones

FB Sorbelli, F Corò, SK Das, L Palazzetti… - Pervasive and Mobile …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the symbiosis between a truck and multiple drones in a last-mile
package delivery scenario, introducing the Scheduling Conflictual Deliveries Problem …

Artificial intelligence as a fundamental tool in management of infectious diseases and its current implementation in COVID-19 pandemic

I Kaur, T Behl, L Aleya, H Rahman, A Kumar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021‏ - Springer
The world has never been prepared for global pandemics like the COVID-19, currently
posing an immense threat to the public and consistent pressure on the global healthcare …

A comparative review of air drones (UAVs) and delivery bots (SUGVs) for automated last mile home delivery

F Li, O Kunze - Logistics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Background: UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and SUGVs (Sidewalk Unmanned Ground
Vehicles) are two prominent options to revolutionize last mile home delivery. However, there …