Crowdshipping services require heterogeneous resource modelling as the supply of service is occasional. Classical routing problem such as the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) assumes vehicles' similarity; therefore, this research study is questioning this similarity by considering a unique vehicle...

Crowdshipping services require heterogeneous resource modelling as the supply of service is occasional. Classical routing problem such as the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) assumes vehicles' similarity; therefore, this research study is questioning this similarity by considering a unique vehicle...

Scheduling theory has received a growing interest since its origins in the second half of the 20th century. Developed initially for the study of scheduling problems with a single objective, the theory has been recently extended to problems involving multiple criteria. However, this extension has...

As a key component of the balancing market, balance settlement links the physical layer of electricity balance with financial fund equilibrium. Imbalance funds pertain to costs that emerge from the balancing settlement process and, lacking a clearly defined responsible entity, require...

Biographical note: EpsteinJoshua M.: Joshua M. Epstein is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, a founding member of the Brookings-Johns Hopkins Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, and a member of the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute. He is the coauthor...