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Chapter and Conference Paper
LSTM Noise Robustness: A Case Study for Heavy Vehicles
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are becoming more and more widespread. This is directly related to technology progress and aspects as the flexibility and adaptability of the algorithms considered, key ...
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Bin Packing Methodologies for Capacity Planning in Freight Transportation and Logistics
Capacity planning may be defined as the process of determining the appropriate mix and quantity of resources to meet demand. We focus on Consolidation-based Freight Transportation and Logistics in this chapter...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysis of Heavy Vehicles Rollover with Artificial Intelligence Techniques
The issue of heavy vehicles rollover appears to be central in various sectors. This is due to the consequences entailed in terms of driver and passenger safety, other than considering aspects as environmental ...
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City Logistics
City Logistics aims to reduce the nuisances, e.g., congestion and the environmental footprint, associated to the transportation of freight within urban areas, while sustaining the social and economic developme...
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An Algorithm for the Optimal Waste Collection in Urban Areas
In waste collection, one of the most important decision regards the routing and the scheduling of the service. In this context, during the Optimization for Networked Data in Environmental Urban Waste Collectio...
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A Recent Approach to Derive the Multinomial Logit Model for Choice Probability
It is well known that the Multinomial Logit model for the choice probability can be obtained by considering a random utility model where the choice variables are independent and identically distributed with a ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Decision Support System for Optimizing the Last-Mile by Mixing Traditional and Green Logistics
In recent years, freight transportation has emerged as a key factor in the development and dynamicity of countries. However, it has had a considerable impact on urban areas due to environmental issues. Owing t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Adaptive Batteries Exploiting On-Line Steady-State Evolution Strategy
In energy distribution systems, uncertainty is the major single cause of power outages. In this paper, we consider the usage of electric batteries in order to mitigate it. We describe an intelligent battery ab...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An ICT-Based Reference Model for E-grocery in Smart Cities
E-grocery is a new emerging and challenging business channel for the food and beverage market, enabling consumers to purchase grocery products online. It combines the issues of last mile distribu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Driver Maneuvers Inference Through Machine Learning
Inferring driver maneuvers is a fundamental issue in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), which can significantly increase security and reduce the risk of road accidents. This is not an easy task due to ...
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GRASP with Path Relinking for the Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem
We propose a meta-heuristic based on greedy randomized adaptive search procedure (GRASP) combined with path relinking to address the two-echelon vehicle routing problem (2E-VRP), an extension of the capacitate...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multi-start Heuristics for the Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem
In this paper we address the Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem (2E-VRP), an extension of the classical Capacitated VRP, where the delivery from a single depot to the customers is managed by routing and consolid...
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A Heuristic Procedure for Rack Configuration in the Space Vehicle Accommodation Problem
In space engineering a difficult task is often represented by the cargo analytical integration. A major problem is the items accommodation into a space system.