The flying sidekick traveling salesman problem: Optimization of drone-assisted parcel delivery

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-109

  Murray, Chase C ^a   Chu, Amanda G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Integer programming; Logistics; Traveling salesman problem; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Vehicle routing problem

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DRONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOGISTICS; MILITARY VEHICLES; TRUCKS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLE ROUTING;

HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; HEURISTICS; LOGISTICS OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

AIRCRAFT; HEURISTICS; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84925393679     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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