Urbanization and population growth have resulted in a significant increase in the amount of
generated construction and demolition (C&D) waste worldwide. Improper C&D waste …

In addressing the detrimental impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonization
targets, the imperative shift towards electrification in the transportation sector is underscored …

Constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are challenging because of the
difficulty in handling both multiple objectives and constraints. While some evolutionary …

Combining trucks and drones in package delivery provides a promising venue for a future
logistics system that is more efficient and sustainable than the existing one. However, how to …

This paper is a comprehensive literature review of Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithms
(BRKGA). BRKGA is a metaheuristic that employs random-key-based chromosomes with …

The “factory-in-a-box” concept involves assembling production modules (ie, factories) in
containers and transporting the containers to different customer locations. Such a concept …

Traffic congestion has become one of the most serious contemporary city issues as it leads
to unnecessary high energy consumption, air pollution and extra traveling time. During the …

Nowadays organizations outsource transportation of goods or services to reduce cost which
leads to a particular type of problem called open location-routing. Also, each logistic …

The heterogeneous fixed fleet open vehicle routing problem with time windows is a very
significant type of the vehicle routing problem (VRP) that aims to find the minimum fixed and …

Hospital site selection is an essential problem in all societies, and the allocation of the
population to these centers are included as the important optimization issues to be …