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Published papers, presentations, and other resources.

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Journal Articles

  • [PDF] The traveling salesman problem with release dates and drone resupply, Juan C. Pina-Pardo*, Daniel F. Silva and Alice E. Smith, Computers & Operations Research, vol. 129, May 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105170
  • “A particle swarm matheuristic for locating drone stations for delivery in continuous space,” Lingyun Zhou*, Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith, accepted to IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (accepted December 2023).
  • “Sustainable last mile parcel delivery and return service using drones,“ Nawin Yanpirat*, Daniel Silva, and Alice E. Smith, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, special issue on Metaheuristics for Sustainable Supply Chain Management, vol. 124, June 2023, 106631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106631

Presentations

  • [PDF] The Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem with Integrated Pickup and Delivery (FSTSP-PD) INFORMS 2018 Presentation Nawin Yanpirat, Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.
  • [PDF] The Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem with Integrated Pickup and Delivery (FSTSP-PD) Toyota brief summary Nawin Yanpirat, Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.
  • [PDF] The Selective Traveling Salesman Problem with Release Dates and Drone Resupply Presentation Juan C. Pina-Pardo, Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.
  • [PDF] [Spanish] El problema del vendedor viajero selectivo con reabastecimientos de dron Presentation Juan C. Pina-Pardo, Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.
  • [PDF]  Sustainable Last Mile Logistics Employing Drones and E-bikes Presentation Stephanie Santiago-Montano , Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.
  • [PDF]  Exploring the benefits and challenges of drone-assisted material handling in manufacturing Presentation Julio Jiménez-Sarda , Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.
  • [PDF]  The Flying Sidekick Traveling Salesman Problem with Recourse Presentation Mehmet Kurt , Daniel F. Silva, and Alice E. Smith.

Poster Presentations

  • [PNG] Autonomous aerial vehicles in support of material handling in production enterprises, Julio Jiménez-Sarda, Daniel F. Silva and Alice E. Smith, 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
  • [JPG] Autonomous aerial vehicles in support of material handling in production enterprises, Julio Jiménez-Sarda, Daniel F. Silva and Alice E. Smith, 2023 ICAMS Showcase.
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