Emerging optimization problems for distribution in same-day delivery

IF 4.1 2区工程技术 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS

Computers & Operations Research Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI:10.1016/j.cor.2025.107105

Yuanyuan Li , Claudia Archetti , Ivana Ljubić

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Abstract

Same-day delivery (SDD) has become a new standard to satisfy the “instant gratification” of online customers. Despite existing powerful technologies deployed in last-mile delivery, SDD services face new decision-making challenges on the tradeoff between delivery costs and time. In addition, new concerns on environmental issues, customer satisfaction, and fairness arise. Researchers have explored various approaches to face these challenges in SDD, where data uncertainty plays a fundamental role. In this paper, we carefully review the emerging routing problems and solutions proposed in the existing literature for SDD services. We survey papers on how to manage dynamic order arrivals, how to allocate time slots for deliveries, how to select the right delivery options, how to design pickup and delivery routes, and how to partition delivery areas and decide the composition of the fleet. We also propose mathematical formulations for representative problems. Finally, we sketch managerial insights and identify future research directions.

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当日送达配送新出现的优化问题

当日送达（SDD）已成为满足在线客户“即时满足”的新标准。尽管在最后一英里交付中部署了现有的强大技术，但SDD服务在交付成本和时间之间的权衡方面面临着新的决策挑战。此外，对环境问题、客户满意度和公平性的新关注也出现了。研究人员已经探索了各种方法来应对SDD中的这些挑战，其中数据不确定性起着根本作用。在本文中，我们仔细回顾了现有文献中针对SDD服务提出的新路由问题和解决方案。我们调查了关于如何管理动态订单到达、如何分配送货时段、如何选择正确的送货选项、如何设计取货和送货路线、以及如何划分送货区域和决定车队组成的论文。我们还提出了代表性问题的数学公式。最后，我们概述了管理见解并确定了未来的研究方向。

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Computers & Operations Research 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

8.60

自引率

8.70%

发文量

292

审稿时长

8.5 months

期刊介绍： Operations research and computers meet in a large number of scientific fields, many of which are of vital current concern to our troubled society. These include, among others, ecology, transportation, safety, reliability, urban planning, economics, inventory control, investment strategy and logistics (including reverse logistics). Computers & Operations Research provides an international forum for the application of computers and operations research techniques to problems in these and related fields.