This paper is the first part of a comprehensive survey on pickup and delivery problems.
Basically, two problem classes can be distinguished. The first class, discussed in this paper …

This paper builds a Food Delivery Network (FooDNet in short) using spatial crowdsourcing
(SC). It investigates the participation of urban taxis to support on demand take-out food …

In this paper we present a new insertion-based construction heuristic to solve the multi-
vehicle pickup and delivery problem with time windows. The new heuristic does not only …

One of the fundamental requirements for creating an intelligent manufacturing environment
is to develop a reliable, efficient and optimally scheduled material transport system. Besides …

Today, companies need to collect and to deliver goods from and to their depots and their
customers. This problem is described as a Vehicle Routing Problem with Mixed Linehaul …

During the last decades, intelligent mobile robots have been recognized as one of the most
promising and emerging solutions used for fulfilling material transport demands in intelligent …

As e-commerce booms, online food ordering and delivery has attracted much attention. For
food delivery platforms, planning high-quality routes for drivers so as to accomplish the …

In one-to-one Pickup and Delivery Problems (PDPs), the aim is to design a set of least cost
vehicle routes starting and ending at a common depot in order to satisfy a set of pickup and …

In this paper, we develop an insertion heuristic for scheduling Mobility Allowance Shuttle
Transit (MAST) services, an innovative concept that merges the flexibility of Demand …

Pre-and end-haulage of intermodal container terminals involves the pickup or delivery of
containers at customer locations. The attractiveness of intermodal transport can be …