Rationale: Accurate estimation and prediction of health care costs play crucial roles in the decisions of health plans and other health care agencies on policies and resource allocation. A particularly problematic issue that underlies difficulties in filling that role is the impact of...

Urban last-mile delivery providers are facing more and more challenges with the explosive development of e-commerce. The advancement of smart mobile and communication technology in recent years has stimulated the development of a new business model of city logistics, referred to as crowdsourced...