Healthcare logistics continue to encounter significant challenges in the timely and reliable delivery of blood bags, mainly due to urban traffic congestion, rugged terrain, and the perishability of medical supplies. Conventional transportation systems frequently fall short of meeting the...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly utilized in healthcare logistics, including automated systems for collecting hazardous medical waste from hospitals under strict time and capacity constraints. This study compares three routing algorithms: (1) Google Maps Destination using an...

This study focuses on optimizing last-mile delivery in e-commerce by balancing cost efficiency and customer preferences, particularly for mixed perishable and non-perishable goods distribution. As online grocery shopping grows, ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of perishable products...

Police patrolling is a combination of proactive and reactive tasks. The initial focus is on the development and analysis of a deterministic model which has proactive patrolling tasks consisting of hot spot and general patrolling duties. Two different formulations are developed to address the...

The ever-growing diffusion of automation in road transport and the spreading of communication technologies applied to road infrastructures toward so-called smart roads is leading to a need for coordination methods for automated vehicles, to fully exploit the potentialities of such technologies...

In dynamic vehicle routing problems (DVRPs), some part of the information is revealed or changed on the fly, and the decision maker has the opportunity to re-plan the vehicle routes during their execution, reflecting on the changes. Accordingly, the solution to a DVRP is a flexible policy rather...