The scheduling of deliveries and the routing of vehicles are of great importance for supply
chain operations, as both determine to a great extent the distribution costs, as well as …

Tool path optimization approaches are often used to reduce production time and cost,
energy consumption, etc. on Computer Numerical Control Machines. Thus, several artificial …

City logistics have always been significant for companies, since they constitute the last-mile
distribution of goods to consumers and retailers. Since the needs of consumers have …

With the popularity of waste classification and increasing requirements for coordinated
waste management towards sustainability, it is essential to study how to generate efficient …

Abstract The Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine represents a turning point in
today's production which has high requirements for product accuracy. The CNC machine …

Vehicle routing applications are ubiquitous in the field of pick-up and delivery service. We
focus on the vehicle routing problem with balanced pick-up called VRPBP which originates …

The management of the collection of Municipal Solid Waste is a complex task for local
governments since it consumes a large portion of their budgets. Thus, the use of computer …

This paper investigates a vehicle routing problem arising in the waste collection of the
healthcare system with the concern of transportation risk. Three types of facilities abstracted …

This paper introduces the application of the Lorentz Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization
(QPSO-LR) algorithm for optimizing waste collection routes, specifically in the Escuela …

Maritime transportation plays a crucial role in global trade, as evidenced by the vast amount
of containerized cargo transported between ports. In the realm of containerized maritime …