To make the last mile of parcel delivery more efficient, service providers offer an increasing number of modes of delivery as alternatives to the traditional and often cost-intensive home delivery service. Parcel lockers and pickup stations can be utilized to reduce the number of stops and avoid...

Assortment optimization is a core topic of demand management that finds application in a broad set of different areas including retail, airline, hotel, and transportation industries as well as in the healthcare sector. Hence, the interest in research on assortment optimization has grown rapidly...

To make the last mile of parcel delivery more efficient, service providers offer an increasing number of modes of delivery as alternatives to the traditional and often cost-intensive home delivery service. Parcel lockers and pickup stations can be utilized to reduce the number of stops and avoid...