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When drone delivery meets human courier: A co-sourcing perspective

With the constantly rising labor cost and deterioration in traffic congestion, the drone-based service emerges as a game changer for the urban last-mile delivery. Meanwhile, the human courier, as a traditional player in the last-mile delivery, …

A distributionally robust approach for the two-machine permutation flow shop scheduling

We consider the two-machine permutation flow shop scheduling problem with uncertain job processing time, which is sampled from no specific distribution type. For the ease of discussion, an ambiguity set with a priori mean and support set information …

Single machine scheduling with release dates A distributionally robust approach

In the present study, a single machine scheduling problem with job release dates is considered, where the job processing time is depicted by an ambiguity set, with the mean, the mean absolute deviation, and the support set information given. To the …

Robust service network design problem under uncertain demand

This study examines a robust service network design problem, which aims to select transportation services and distribute commodity flow for consolidation carriers. A robust optimization approach with a penalty limit constraint is proposed to …

Energy-Saving Manufacturing System Design with Two Geometric Machines

In recent years, due to increasing energy costs and deteriorating environmental conditions, manufacturing enterprises have become more concerned with energy efficiency. This paper is dedicated to minimizing energy consumption while maintaining the …

Effects of game willingness on the evolution of fairness in the ultimatum game

The benefits of participants in the game may affect their willingness to participate in the game, and this willingness may be influenced by others. Based on this, we integrate the game willingness into the ultimatum game and establish an asymmetric …

We Missed You!:A joint optimization strategy of appointment window and reminder sending

Customized service, specifically designed to meet individual customer preferences, is a rising consumption pattern along with the progress of socialization and urbanization. The customization nature requires service lead time, during which providers …

Urban On-Demand Delivery via Autonomous Aerial Mobility Formulation and Exact Algorithm

The implementation of the autonomous unmanned aerial mobility is a game changer for the on-demand delivery service in the crowded urban setting. In this study, the first of its kind commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) urban delivery program in …

Dynamic pricing of differentiated products with incomplete information based on reinforcement learning

With the rapid development of the social economy, consumer demand is evolving towards diversification. To satisfy market demand, enterprises tend to improve competitiveness by providing differentiated products. How to price differentiated products …

Energy consumption control in the two-machine Bernoulli serial production line with setup and idleness

In recent years, the topic of sustainable manufacturing system design with energy saving features has received increasing attention. For a typical production line setting, the machines are subject to random breakdown and restart besides blockage and …