The transportation and logistics sectors are major contributors to Greenhouse Gase(GHG)emissions.Carbon dioxide(CO_(2))from Light-Duty Vehicles(LDVs)is posing serious risks to air quality and public health.Understandi...The transportation and logistics sectors are major contributors to Greenhouse Gase(GHG)emissions.Carbon dioxide(CO_(2))from Light-Duty Vehicles(LDVs)is posing serious risks to air quality and public health.Understanding the extent of LDVs’impact on climate change and human well-being is crucial for informed decisionmaking and effective mitigation strategies.This study investigates the predictability of CO_(2)emissions from LDVs using a comprehensive dataset that includes vehicles from various manufacturers,their CO_(2)emission levels,and key influencing factors.Specifically,sixMachine Learning(ML)algorithms,ranging fromsimple linearmodels to complex non-linear models,were applied under identical conditions to ensure a fair comparison and their performance metrics were calculated.The obtained results showed a significant influence of variables such as engine size on CO_(2)emissions.Although the six algorithms have provided accurate forecasts,the Linear Regression(LR)model was found to be sufficient,achieving a Mean Absolute Percentage Error(MAPE)below 0.90%and a Coefficient of Determination(R2)exceeding 99.7%.These findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of LDVs’role in CO_(2)emissions and offer actionable insights for reducing their environmental impact.In fact,vehicle manufacturers can leverage these insights to target key emission-related factors,while policymakers and stakeholders in logistics and transportation can use the models to estimate the CO_(2)emissions of new vehicles before their market deployment or to project future emissions from current and expected LDV fleets.展开更多
Human beings and their activities are now connected through Internet of Things(IoT)with the evolution of wireless communication technologies.IoT is becoming popular and its usage is immensely increasing among various ...Human beings and their activities are now connected through Internet of Things(IoT)with the evolution of wireless communication technologies.IoT is becoming popular and its usage is immensely increasing among various sectors.In this research paper,a comprehensive review has been conducted by considering recent and important literature review on IoT applications being operated in three major sectors.The three sectors studied are health,sports and transportation and logistics.Paper explored that with the help of IoT techniques,different miniature sized devices are invented which can record various parameters of human body,wearables devices have been invented which are playing important role in monitoring and recording daily fitness are working on CIoT technology and IoT emergence in the field of transportation and logistics helps in resolving several issues including conveniences,navigation issues,service cost and security issues.All the papers reviewed are journal published from 2010 to 2020.In latter part,this paper also highlighted security,privacy,reliability,consumption of various resources and policies as significant challenges for IoT.展开更多
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows(VRPTW)presents a significant challenge in combinatorial optimization,especially under real-world uncertainties such as variable travel times,service durations,and dynamic ...The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows(VRPTW)presents a significant challenge in combinatorial optimization,especially under real-world uncertainties such as variable travel times,service durations,and dynamic customer demands.These uncertainties make traditional deterministic models inadequate,often leading to suboptimal or infeasible solutions.To address these challenges,this work proposes an adaptive hybrid metaheuristic that integrates Genetic Algorithms(GA)with Local Search(LS),while incorporating stochastic uncertainty modeling through probabilistic travel times.The proposed algorithm dynamically adjusts parameters—such as mutation rate and local search probability—based on real-time search performance.This adaptivity enhances the algorithm’s ability to balance exploration and exploitation during the optimization process.Travel time uncertainties are modeled using Gaussian noise,and solution robustness is evaluated through scenario-based simulations.We test our method on a set of benchmark problems from Solomon’s instance suite,comparing its performance under deterministic and stochastic conditions.Results show that the proposed hybrid approach achieves up to a 9%reduction in expected total travel time and a 40% reduction in time window violations compared to baseline methods,including classical GA and non-adaptive hybrids.Additionally,the algorithm demonstrates strong robustness,with lower solution variance across uncertainty scenarios,and converges faster than competing approaches.These findings highlight the method’s suitability for practical logistics applications such as last-mile delivery and real-time transportation planning,where uncertainty and service-level constraints are critical.The flexibility and effectiveness of the proposed framework make it a promising candidate for deployment in dynamic,uncertainty-aware supply chain environments.展开更多
基金Deputyship for Research&Innovation,Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia,project number MoE-IF-UJ-R2-22-20772-1.
文摘The transportation and logistics sectors are major contributors to Greenhouse Gase(GHG)emissions.Carbon dioxide(CO_(2))from Light-Duty Vehicles(LDVs)is posing serious risks to air quality and public health.Understanding the extent of LDVs’impact on climate change and human well-being is crucial for informed decisionmaking and effective mitigation strategies.This study investigates the predictability of CO_(2)emissions from LDVs using a comprehensive dataset that includes vehicles from various manufacturers,their CO_(2)emission levels,and key influencing factors.Specifically,sixMachine Learning(ML)algorithms,ranging fromsimple linearmodels to complex non-linear models,were applied under identical conditions to ensure a fair comparison and their performance metrics were calculated.The obtained results showed a significant influence of variables such as engine size on CO_(2)emissions.Although the six algorithms have provided accurate forecasts,the Linear Regression(LR)model was found to be sufficient,achieving a Mean Absolute Percentage Error(MAPE)below 0.90%and a Coefficient of Determination(R2)exceeding 99.7%.These findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of LDVs’role in CO_(2)emissions and offer actionable insights for reducing their environmental impact.In fact,vehicle manufacturers can leverage these insights to target key emission-related factors,while policymakers and stakeholders in logistics and transportation can use the models to estimate the CO_(2)emissions of new vehicles before their market deployment or to project future emissions from current and expected LDV fleets.
文摘Human beings and their activities are now connected through Internet of Things(IoT)with the evolution of wireless communication technologies.IoT is becoming popular and its usage is immensely increasing among various sectors.In this research paper,a comprehensive review has been conducted by considering recent and important literature review on IoT applications being operated in three major sectors.The three sectors studied are health,sports and transportation and logistics.Paper explored that with the help of IoT techniques,different miniature sized devices are invented which can record various parameters of human body,wearables devices have been invented which are playing important role in monitoring and recording daily fitness are working on CIoT technology and IoT emergence in the field of transportation and logistics helps in resolving several issues including conveniences,navigation issues,service cost and security issues.All the papers reviewed are journal published from 2010 to 2020.In latter part,this paper also highlighted security,privacy,reliability,consumption of various resources and policies as significant challenges for IoT.
文摘The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows(VRPTW)presents a significant challenge in combinatorial optimization,especially under real-world uncertainties such as variable travel times,service durations,and dynamic customer demands.These uncertainties make traditional deterministic models inadequate,often leading to suboptimal or infeasible solutions.To address these challenges,this work proposes an adaptive hybrid metaheuristic that integrates Genetic Algorithms(GA)with Local Search(LS),while incorporating stochastic uncertainty modeling through probabilistic travel times.The proposed algorithm dynamically adjusts parameters—such as mutation rate and local search probability—based on real-time search performance.This adaptivity enhances the algorithm’s ability to balance exploration and exploitation during the optimization process.Travel time uncertainties are modeled using Gaussian noise,and solution robustness is evaluated through scenario-based simulations.We test our method on a set of benchmark problems from Solomon’s instance suite,comparing its performance under deterministic and stochastic conditions.Results show that the proposed hybrid approach achieves up to a 9%reduction in expected total travel time and a 40% reduction in time window violations compared to baseline methods,including classical GA and non-adaptive hybrids.Additionally,the algorithm demonstrates strong robustness,with lower solution variance across uncertainty scenarios,and converges faster than competing approaches.These findings highlight the method’s suitability for practical logistics applications such as last-mile delivery and real-time transportation planning,where uncertainty and service-level constraints are critical.The flexibility and effectiveness of the proposed framework make it a promising candidate for deployment in dynamic,uncertainty-aware supply chain environments.
