A Sequential Framework for Urban Drone Delivery: Network Design, Vehicle Sizing, and Energy and Cost Assessment
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This paper presents a sequential engineering framework for urban drone delivery that integrates hub location planning, route optimization, vehicle sizing, and cost assessment. Using district-level data from Seoul, the authors demonstrate how increasing the number of hubs reduces required vehicle range and takeoff mass while lowering monthly energy consumption, though operating costs per delivery rise due to higher hub-related expenses. The study highlights that minimizing vehicle mass and energy use does not automatically reduce total system operating costs.
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“ating cost per delivery increases from USD 1.18 to USD 2.20 because of higher rent and labor costs at the hubs. Among the designs evaluated, range-matched vehicles achieve the lowest operating cost in the two- and four-hub networks; a longer-range vehicle is least costly in the three-hub network. Sensitivity analyses further examine the effects of delivery demand and operating assumptions. The results demonstrate tha”
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“ating cost per delivery increases from USD 1.18 to USD 2.20 because of higher rent and labor costs at the hubs. Among the designs evaluated, range-matched vehicles achieve the lowest operating cost in the two- and four-hub networks; a longer-range vehicle is least costly in the three-hub network. Sensitivity analyses further examine the effects of delivery demand and operating assumptions. The results demonstrate tha”
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- arXiv Robotics — research abstractsSignalA Sequential Framework for Urban Drone Delivery: Network Design, Vehicle Sizing, and Energy and Cost Assessment
This paper presents a sequential engineering framework for urban drone delivery that integrates hub location planning, route optimization, vehicle sizing, and cost assessment. Using district-level data from Seoul, the authors demonstrate how increasing the number of hubs reduces required vehicle range and takeoff mass while lowering monthly energy consumption, though operating costs per delivery rise due to higher hub-related expenses. The study highlights that minimizing vehicle mass and energy use does not automatically reduce total system operating costs.
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