Recently, owing to the high mobility and low cost of drones, drone-based delivery systems
have shown considerable potential for ensuring flexible and reliable parcel delivery. Several …

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 …

This paper proposes a joint-optimization framework for UAV-routing and UAV-route
scheduling problems associated with the UAV-assisted delivery system. The mixed-integer …

The COVID-19 pandemic calls for contactless deliveries. To prevent the further spread of the
disease and ensure the timely delivery of supplies, this paper investigates a collaborative …

This paper studies a goods delivery problem for multiple courier companies in central city
areas integrated with a loading bay scheduling problem. The goods delivery problem is …

As an emerging delivery style in logistics, the cooperation between trucks and drones can
significantly improve the efficiency of parcel delivery, especially in some typical scenes, such …

With the increasing concerns about traffic congestion and climate change, much effort has
been made to enhance sustainable urban mobility for passengers and goods. One …

Purpose This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) of the interdisciplinary
literature on drones in last-mile delivery (LMD) to extrapolate pertinent insights from and into …

Truck and drone based cooperative delivery system is an emerging instant delivery mode for
transporting packages in a more timely and efficient way than traditional delivery mode. This …

Satellite range scheduling always plays a crucial role in tracking, telemetry, and control of
the spacecraft. With the significant increase in the number and type of satellites in orbit, the …