The rapid pace of developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is providing unprecedented
opportunities to enhance the performance of different industries and businesses, including …

Over the last few decades, the attraction towards Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) has
engrossed huge investigation, to upgrade road safety and entertainment for the traveler, by …

Hydrological droughts are characterized based on their duration, severity, and magnitude.
Among the most critical factors, precipitation, evapotranspiration, and runoff are essential in …

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 …

The development of electric vehicle (EV) techniques has led to a new vehicle routing
problem (VRP) called the capacitated EV routing problem (CEVRP). Because of the limited …

Although the concept of transportation electrification holds enormous prospects in
addressing the global environmental pollution problem, in reality the market penetration of …

With the rapid development of logistics industry, vehicle scheduling is the key to the
optimization of transportation links. Vehicle transportation route planning is becoming more …

Increasing environmental, legislative, and social concerns are forcing companies to take a
fresh view of the impact of supply chain operations on environment and society when …

Abstract Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a family of nature-inspired metaheuristics often
applied to finding approximate solutions to difficult optimization problems. Despite being …

In this paper, a Quantum-inspired Ant Colony Optimization (Qi-ACO) is proposed to solve a
sustainable four-dimensional traveling salesman problem (4DTSP). In 4DTSP, various paths …