This paper surveys the state-of-the-art optimization approaches in the civil application of
drone operations (DO) and drone-truck combined operations (DTCO) including construction …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or aerial drones, are an emerging technology with
significant market potential. UAVs may lead to substantial cost savings in, for instance …

Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have the potential to significantly reduce the cost and
time of making last-mile deliveries and responding to emergencies. Despite this potential …

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, offers the advantage of
speed, flexibility, and ease in delivering goods to customers. They are particularly useful for …

During recent years, advances in drone technologies have made them applicable in various
fields of industry, and their popularity continues to grow. In this paper, the academic …

E-commerce and logistics companies are facing important challenges to satisfy the rapid
growth of customer demands. Unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones are an emerging …

This paper considers a Green Vehicle Routing Problem (GVRP), which includes heavy-duty
electric and conventional trucks. We develop a new bi-objective programming model …

This paper presents a solution for the problem of minimum time coverage of ground areas
using a group of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) equipped with image sensors. The solution …

As a typical cyber-physical system, networked unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have
received much attention in recent years. Emerging communication technologies and high …

Over the past few years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become more and more
popular. The complexity of routing UAVs has not been fully investigated in the literature. In …