We study a setting in which a company not only has a fleet of capacitated vehicles and drivers available to make deliveries but may also use the services of occasional drivers (ODs) willing to make deliveries using their own vehicles in return for a small fee. Under such a business model, a.k.a...

Europe strengthens its policies on climate change, green transition, and sustainable energy by addressing the high greenhouse-gas emissions in the transportation sector. Europe aims to reduce such emissions and reach a state of carbon neutrality by 2030 and 2050, respectively. This is feasible...

We consider a two-stage generation scheduling problem comprising a forward dispatch and a real-time re-dispatch. The former must be conducted facing an uncertain net demand that includes non-dispatchable electricity consumption and renewable power generation. The latter copes with the plausible...

We study a setting in which a company not only has a fleet of capacitated vehicles and drivers available to make deliveries but may also use the services of occasional drivers (ODs) willing to make deliveries using their own vehicles in return for a small fee. Under such a business model, a.k.a...