Progress of the Vehicle Routing Problem with Drones
With the continuous development of civilian drone technology,the advantages of fast speed and strong traffic capacity of drones have become more prominent.Moreover,drones have been applied by some com-panies in logistics delivery.Recently,a delivery mode that combines vehicles and drones has gained considerable attention in the logistics and transportation field.A large number of studies have been conducted by scholars on the vehicle routing problem with drones.According to the objectives optimized and constraints,the models for the vehicle routing problem with drones were reviewed in this paper.Besides,existing algorithms for the vehicle routing problem with drones were summarized.Finally,the future research topics were prospected.
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