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 …

This paper contributes to the emerging body of research on crowdship**, which is a
collaborative strategy that distributes delivery tasks to a mass of actors that act as ordinary …

Crowd-Ship** (CS) solutions have been gaining popularity in industry and academia.
Despite numerous CS platforms having been introduced in the real world, only a limited …

Crowdship** is increasingly known as a sustainable solution to address the challenges of
last mile delivery (LMD) in urban areas. While employing the crowd to perform LMD appears …

We investigate a vehicle routing problem in which customer requests are either known in
advance with respect to the planning of the distribution, or they arrive online during the …

Thanks to increased technological advancements, retailers have progressively incorporated
crowdsourcing into their delivery service portfolios to offer customers an enhanced last‐mile …

In this study, we analyse user preferences for a public transport based crowdship**
concept, where users carry parcels along on their ride. The concept offers potential …

In this paper, we present the vehicle routing problem (VRP) with occasional drivers (OD) and
order bundles (OB). The problem VRP-OD-OB is an extension of the VRP-OD, where …

This paper's objective is to identify pricing and compensation schemes under different
demand and supply scenarios for crowd-ship** (CS) systems. As such, an integrated …

Sustainable urban freight transport is a key element of the smart city concept. In this context,
the availability of large number of citizens connected with mobile devices has created …