Planning Integrated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Conventional Vehicle Delivery Operations under Restricted Airspace: A Mixed Nested Genetic Algorithm and Geographic Information System-Assisted Optimization Approach

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as “drones”, as a supplementary mode for last-mile deliveries has been a research focus for some years now. Motivation lies in the reduced dependency on Conventional Vehicles (CVs) and fossil fuels and in serving remote areas and underprivi...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Kouretas, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Vehicles
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8921/5/3/58