Drone shipping versus truck delivery in a cross-docking system with multiple fleets and products

•We propose a new bi-objective multi-product combined cross-docking truck-scheduling model.•The model allows for direct drone shipping from supplier to customers and multiple fleets.•An efficient multi-objective epsilon-constraint method is adapted to solve the model.•The efficient Pareto frontiers...

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Published in:	Expert systems with applications Vol. 72; pp. 93 - 107
Main Authors:	Tavana, Madjid, Khalili-Damghani, Kaveh, Santos-Arteaga, Francisco J., Zandi, Mohammad-Hossein
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Elsevier Ltd 15.04.2017 Elsevier BV
Subjects:	Algorithms Cross-docking Delivery scheduling Docking Drone shipping Drone vehicles Functions (mathematics) Logistics Mathematical models Mathematical programming Mixed integer Multiple fleets Multiple objective analysis Multiple products Robustness (mathematics) Scheduling Sensitivity analysis Shipping Truck-scheduling Truck-scheduling Multiple fleets Multiple products Cross-docking Drone shipping
ISSN:	0957-4174, 1873-6793
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