There has been a resurgence of interest in demand-responsive shared-ride systems,
motivated by concerns for the environment and also new developments in technologies …

Dial-a-ride problems consist of designing vehicle routes and time schedules in a system of
demand-dependent, collective people transportation. In the standard problem, operational …

Lately, the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) in the city, known as City VRP, has gained
popularity with its importance in city logistics. Similar to city logistics, City VRP mainly differs …

Abstract The Dial-a-Ride Problem (DARP) consists of designing vehicle routes and
schedules for customers with special needs and/or disabilities. The DARP with Electric …

In urban areas, logistic transportation operations often run into problems because travel
speeds change, depending on the current traffic situation. If not accounted for, time …

In this paper, a multi-depot dial-a-ride problem arising from a real-world healthcare
application is addressed, concerning the non-emergency transportation of patients. The …

Range anxiety and charging infrastructure scarcity have been the main challenges for the
mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). The emerging mobile electric-vehicle-to-electric …

This paper investigates the Heterogeneous Dial-A-Ride Problem (H-DARP) that consists of
determining a vehicle route planning for heterogeneous users' transportation with a …

Vehicle routing problems arise in many practical situations in the context of transportation
logistics. Among them, we can highlight the problem of transporting customers from origin to …

The paper investigates the static dial-a-ride problem with ride and waiting time minimization.
This is a new problem setting of significant practical relevance because several ride-sharing …