CITIES FELLOWSHIP PRESENTATION: COLLABORATIVE TRUCK-AND-DRONE DELIVERY FOR INVENTORY-ROUTING PROBLEMS WITH MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS VISITING ALLOWED DRONE OPERATION

On May 12, Sungmin Sohn, CITIES Post-Graduate Research Fellow, gave an in-person presentation where he explained how allowing the drone to visit multiple customers on a detour before rejoining the truck can further reduce the transportation cost of the overall delivery operation.

In addition, by comparing the model that studies the inventory-routing problems with a single customer visit, he presented a better solution to the same delivery system with novel constraints that consider the energy consumption, flying range, and carrying capacity.