This study investigates a multi-depot multi-trip vehicle routing problem with time windows
and release dates, which is a practical problem in the last mile distribution operations. This …

We consider a stochastic dynamic pickup and delivery problem in which a fleet of drivers
delivers food from a set of restaurants to ordering customers. The objective is to dynamically …

Online restaurant aggregators with integrated meal delivery networks have become more
common and more popular in the past few years. Meal delivery is arguably the ultimate …

In the e‐commerce era, vendors have to satisfy a large number of on‐line orders, mainly
from private customers, with low weight and volume, reduced delivery time, and overlap of …

In vehicle routing problems (VRPs) the decisions to be taken concern the assignment of
customers to vehicles and the sequencing of the customers assigned to each vehicle …

Abstract We introduce the Meal Delivery Routing Problem (MDRP) to formalize and study an
important emerging class of dynamic delivery operations. We develop optimization-based …

Environmental sustainability is a requirement for modern urban freight transport systems. On
a global scale, most resources are currently consumed in cities, contributing to the economic …

This paper introduces the Traveling Salesman Problem with Release Dates and Drone
Resupply, which consists of finding a minimum time route for a single truck that can receive …

Scheduling a large number of time-sensitive orders of multiple types in a short time period is
a major challenge for instant delivery platforms. This study introduces an integrated problem …

Abstract The Vehicle Routing Problem with Release Dates and Drone Resupply consists of
routing a fleet of trucks to deliver orders that arrive at a depot over time. During the delivery …