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A Model of Residential Mail Delivery by Drones

Authors : Monica G. Cojocaru, Edward W. Thommes, Sierra Gillies

Published in: Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This paper proposes and analyzes a model of mail delivery in mid-size Canadian urban areas consisting of retrofitting current delivery trucks with a limited number of drones, which can be flown to a number of addresses in a given urban area. Such a truck would then travel between specific locations (called truck-stops), where drone deployment would be executed from. The designated truck-stops are outputs of a proposed algorithm that uses delivery demand data and drone characteristics; they change depending on the needed delivery coverage on a given day. We discuss whether this delivery method could be used in different types of urban areas, where the time to delivery to customers can be shortened, as compared to classic door-to-door delivery.

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Title: A Model of Residential Mail Delivery by Drones
Authors: Monica G. Cojocaru
Edward W. Thommes
Sierra Gillies
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-12118-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-12119-8

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12119-8_1

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