A literature review of drone-truck routing problems: challenges and future research directions

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dc.contributor.authorCengiz, Enes
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Cemal
dc.contributor.authorKahraman, Hamdi Tolga
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-25T14:20:05Z
dc.date.available2026-04-25T14:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, new routing problems with high complexity have emerged in parallel with the diversification of collaborative operational activities carried out by drones with ground vehicles. There are two main factors that affect the complexity level of these new generation routing problems. The first factor is the synchronization of vehicles with very different characteristics to optimally perform operational tasks. The second factor is that unlike traditional routing problems such as transportation and logistics, healthcare, military and emergency operations, new generation problems have more complex objective and constraint spaces. In traditional routing problems, customers are represented by fixed points in a two-dimensional search space. In contrast, in agricultural spraying, which is a new generation routing problem, the areas to be sprayed are represented by irregular areas. The objective and constraint functions in next generation routing problems are specified as area-based rather than point-based because of this difference. This increases the geometric complexity of the objective and constraint spaces in next generation routing problems. This paper analyzes 108 publications on traditional and next generation routing problems published between 2015 and 2024. A comprehensive review of routing problems based on drone-truck cooperation is provided according to their application areas, mathematical models, and solution methods. Unlike the review studies in the literature, new routing problems in the field of agriculture are also included in this research and the mathematical complexity of these problems is presented for the first time. Current trends for future research on drone-truck based problems are discussed.
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/ro/2025119
dc.identifier.endpage3205
dc.identifier.issn0399-0559
dc.identifier.issn2804-7303
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9985-6324
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1127-2194
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2053-052X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105020037714
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage3169
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2025119
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/8353
dc.identifier.volume59
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001600929200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEdp Sciences S A
dc.relation.ispartofRairo-Operations Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260420
dc.subjectDrone-truck combined operations
dc.subjectrouting optimization
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectliterature review
dc.titleA literature review of drone-truck routing problems: challenges and future research directions
dc.typeArticle

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