Driven by the internet-based advanced information technologies and logistics channel
improvement, the cross-border e-commerce industry keeps an increasing trend in Chinese …

Vehicle routing problems with time windows (VRPTW) have gained a lot of attention due to
their important role in real-life logistics and transport. As a result of the complexity of real-life …

Flexible buses provide on-demand services to one or more local communities in a specific
geographical area. Bus routes can be adjusted dynamically according to real-time …

This paper considers how an online food delivery platform can improve last-mile delivery
services' performance using multi-source data. The delivery time is one critical but uncertain …

Current growth in e-commerce and online sales has confronted companies with major
logistical challenges arising in the area of last mile distribution. Small order quantities, the …

One of the most challenging problems in last mile logistics (LML) has been the strategic
delivery due to various market risks and opportunities. This paper provides a systematic …

In light of labor shortages, rising fuel costs, and thin profit margins, providers of last-mile
delivery services face a mounting pressure to innovate. One avenue to more efficient last …

With the rapid development of e‐commerce and information technology, the express
package volume in the Chinese market keeps an explosively increasing tendency. Terminal …

Purpose The booming of the Internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques
contributes to knowledge adoption and management innovation for the healthcare industry …

We consider the last mile delivery system with roaming delivery locations and stochastic
travel times. The problem is formulated as a two-stage stochastic programming model with …