In the last decade, e-commerce has been growing consistently. Fostered by covid pandemic, online retail grown exponentially, particularly in industries including food, clothing, groceries, and many others. This growth retailing activities raised critical logistic challenges, especially leg of distribution, commonly referred to as Last Mile. For instance, traditional truck-based home delivery reached its limit within metropolitan areas can no longer be an effective method. Driven...

Abstract Recent developments in food industries have attracted both academic and industrial practitioners. Shrimp as a well-known, rich, sought-after seafood, is generally obtained from either marine environments or aquaculture. Central prominence of Supply Chain (SSC) brought about by numerous factors such high demand, market price, diverse fisheries aquaculture locations. In this respect, paper considers SSC set distribution centers, wholesalers, shrimp processing factories, markets, waste...

In this paper, we study a production scheduling and vehicle routing problem with job splitting delivery time windows in company working the metal packaging industry. problem, set of jobs has to be processed on unrelated parallel machines sequence-dependent setup (cost). Then finished products are delivered batches several customers heterogeneous vehicles, subject windows. The objective is minimize total cost distribution transportation cost. We propose mathematical models for decentralized...

Hubs act as intermediate points for the transfer of materials in transportation system. In this study, a novel p-mobile hub location–allocation problem is developed. Hub facilities can be transferred to other hubs next period. Implementation mobile reduce costs opening and closing hubs, particularly an environment with rapidly changing demands. On hand, movement reduces lifespan adds relevant costs. The depreciation cost must considered number movements hub's assumed limited. Three objective...

In this paper, we address the location of locker boxes in last-mile delivery context under uncertainty demand and capacity. The problem is modeled as an extension capacitated facility problem, which a fixed number facilities has to be opened, choosing among set potential locations. Facilities are characterized by homogeneous capacity, but capacity reduction may occur with given probability. incorporated through discrete scenarios. Each customer can assigned only compatible facilities, i.e.,...

Rapid global population growth and extensive urbanization threaten water sustainability, hindering sustainable development. This issue is particularly acute in arid regions such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), where scarce natural resources are overexploited. Effective resource management (WRM) pivotal overcoming this challenge. holistic study presents an innovative approach to address sustainability at a national scale by developing WRM decision support system (DSS) leveraging...

Abstract Utilizing aquifers as groundwater storage reservoirs is an effective strategy for water management in scare regions. The success of managed aquifer recharge (MAR) relies on the assessment and modeling site-specific hydrogeological characteristics, including salinity, transmissivity, storativity, slope, soil properties, proximity to networks road accessibility, etc. This study employs a GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation technique, integrating both ground remote sensing datasets....

Abstract This paper presents a new bi-objective multi-modal hub location problem with multiple assignment and capacity considerations for the design of an urban public transportation network under uncertainty. Because high construction costs links in network, it is not economic to create complete network. Moreover, demand assumed be dependent on utility proposed by each hub. Thus, elasticity considered this paper. The presented model also has ability compute number type vehicles between...

The hydrological and economic feasibility of aquifer storage recovery (ASR) excess desali-nated water managed recharge (MAR) using tertiary treated wastewater (TTWW) to manage stressed coastal aquifers in Oman has been studied numerically the code, MODFLOW 2005 different transport packages MT3DMS, MODPATH. current ASR study aims assess saving recovering for purpose supply city MUSCAT during high demand periods by banking excess-desalted winter recover it rest year. second objective is...