Drone-aided routing: A literature review

Giusy Macrina; Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese; Francesca Guerriero; Gilbert Laporte

doi:10.1016/j.trc.2020.102762

Drone-aided routing: A literature review

Giusy Macrina, Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese, Francesca Guerriero, Gilbert Laporte

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Abstract

The interest in using drones in various applications has grown significantly in recent years. The reasons are related to the continuous advances in technology, especially the advent of fast microprocessors, which support intelligent autonomous control of several systems. Photography, construction, and monitoring and surveillance are only some of the areas in which the use of drones is becoming common. Among these, last-mile delivery is one of the most promising areas. In this work we focus on routing problems with drones, mostly in the context of parcel delivery. We survey and classify the existing works and we provide perspectives for future research.

Original language	English
Article number	102762
Journal	Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Volume	120
Early online date	8 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.102762
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

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Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council under grant 2015-06189. This support is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to the referees for their valuable comments.

Funding Information:
This work was partly supported by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council under grant 2015-06189 . This support is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to the referees for their valuable comments.

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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd

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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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This work was partly supported by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council under grant 2015-06189. This support is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to the referees for their valuable comments. This work was partly supported by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council under grant 2015-06189 . This support is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are due to the referees for their valuable comments.

Keywords

Drones
Logistics
Survey
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vehicle routing problem

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Transportation
Computer Science Applications

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