Recently, the world witnessed a significant increase in the number of used drones, with a
global and continuous rise in the demand for their multi-purpose applications. The pervasive …

Sustainable green products and services garner more attention from companies and
enterprises that aim to succeed and grow in highly competitive markets by imposing less …

Drones are receiving popularity with time due to their advanced mobility. Although they were
initially deployed for military purposes, they now have a wide array of applications in various …

Given a set of demand and potential facility locations and a set of fully available charged
drones, an agency seeks to locate a pre-specified number of capacitated facilities and …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly referred to as drones, have been widely
acknowledged as a promising technology for the delivery of medical and aid packages in …

The paper introduces a stochastic optimization-based approach to address the logistics for
the timely delivery of aid packages to disaster-affected areas utilizing a fleet of drones when …

This paper addresses the design of a parcel delivery system using drones, which includes
the strategic planning of the system and operational planning for a given region. The amount …

Small aerial drones are used in a growing number of commercial applications. However,
drones cannot fly in all weather, which impacts their reliability for time-sensitive operations …

The past few years have witnessed the increasing adoption of drones in various industries
such as logistics, agriculture, military, and telecommunications. This paper considers a short …

Devastating floods are observed every year globally from upstream mountainous to coastal
regions. Increasing flood frequency and impacts affect both major rivers and their tributaries …