In the wake of e-commerce and its successful diffusion in most commercial activities, last-
mile distribution causes more and more trouble in urban areas all around the globe …

The operational design and planning of drone-based logistics models is a rapidly growing
area of scientific research. In this paper, we present a structured, comprehensive, and …

The interest in using drones in various applications has grown significantly in recent years.
The reasons are related to the continuous advances in technology, especially the advent of …

Sustainable green products and services garner more attention from companies and
enterprises that aim to succeed and grow in highly competitive markets by imposing less …

This paper deals with the problem of coordinating a truck and multiple heterogeneous
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) for last-mile package deliveries. Existing …

Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, have gained wide attention in
recent years due to their potential of revolutionizing logistics and transportation. In this …

This study examines the potentials and challenges of drones, or unmanned autonomous
vehicles (UAVs), in supply chain management (SCM) and logistics. A systematic literature …

This paper studies a new variant of the vehicle routing problem with drones, ie, the two-
echelon vehicle routing problem with drones, where multiple vehicles and drones work …

The adoption of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in numerous sectors is projected to grow
exponentially in the future as technology advances and regulation evolves. One of the …

The vehicle routing problem with drones (VRP-D) consists of designing combined truck-
drone routes and schedules to serve a set of customers with specific requests and time …