Crowd-Shipping (CS) solutions have been gaining popularity in industry and academia.
Despite numerous CS platforms having been introduced in the real world, only a limited …

The promotion of urban mobility by integrating people-and-goods transportation has
attracted increasing attention in recent years. Within this framework, diversified forms such …

Benders decomposition uses a strategy of``learning from one's mistakes.''The aim of this
paper is to extend this strategy to a much larger class of problems. The key is to generalize …

In this paper, we present the vehicle routing problem (VRP) with occasional drivers (OD) and
order bundles (OB). The problem VRP-OD-OB is an extension of the VRP-OD, where …

Crowdshipping (CS) is an emerging form of freight transport that is expected to reduce the
externalities of urban freight transport. The supply of CS services originates from people with …

How to best deliver goods to consumers has been a logistics question since time
immemorial. However, almost all traditional delivery models involved a form of company …

Crowdsourced logistics is developing rapidly during and post COVID-19. As key workers of
crowdsourced logistics, gig workers' commitment is essential for the sustainable …

Warehouses have always been an essential part of supply chains, but despite their
fundamental role they were not seen as especially mission critical. With the advent of e …

The warehousing sector has been experiencing technological up-gradation for the last few
years. To enable a technology-friendly environment, warehousing companies have begun to …

Crowdshipping implies involving nonprofessional operators in transporting goods. While its
financial benefits are easy to grasp, its environmental implications much depend on the …