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A Travelling Salesman Problem With Carbon Emission Reduction in the Last Mile Delivery
IEEE Access, 2019 The development of e-commerce has led to a surge in the number of online shopping parcels. However, given the lack of scale effect, last mile delivery is inefficient, expensive, and produces a considerable amount of carbon emissions, which has become an ...
Li Jiang +4 more
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, 2021 Last mile delivery is one of the most complex processes in the whole logistics process. This is because it involves many uncertainties, such as weather conditions, road conditions, traffic, car accidents, delivery vehicle anomalies, choice of route, avoiding parcel damage and delivery errors, and communication with the retailer or the recipient of the ...
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Electric Vehicles in Last-Mile Delivery: A Bibliometric Review
World Electric Vehicle JournalThe rapid growth in e-commerce calls for research on the potential of electric vehicles in improving last-mile delivery. Whereas existing studies have examined aspects of last-mile delivery, such as challenges, acceptance/benefits, and feasibility, the ...
Eric Mogire, Peter Kilbourn, Rose Luke
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Crowdsourced Delivery with Drones in Last Mile Logistics.
, 2020 We consider a combined system of regular delivery trucks and crowdsourced drones to provide a technology-assisted crowd-based last-mile delivery experience. We develop analytical models and methods for a system in which package delivery is performed by a big truck carrying a large number of packages to a neighborhood or a town in a metropolitan area ...
Mehdi Behroozi, Dinghao Ma
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi +6 more
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
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LogisticsBackground: This publication presents a review, multiple criteria optimization models, and a practical example pertaining to the integration of automated smart locker systems, capillary distribution networks, crowdshipping, last-mile delivery and supply ...
Bartosz Sawik
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Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook +3 more
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Making last mile logistics models aware of customer choices, demand sustainability and data economy
European Transport Research ReviewBy 2030, the rise of delivery vehicles in the ten most populated cities worldwide is expected to increase GHG emissions between 21% and 32%. This trend puts pressure on public and private stakeholders to take measures to improve the sustainability of ...
Katharina Beck +6 more
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