Last-mile delivery in cities, where the main problems are the traffic situation and ensuring access to customers’ homes while maintaining their privacy, poses a substantial logistical challenge.
Jhonny Pincay Nieves earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He has worked for Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL University) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Ecuador) as a lecturer and researcher. He currently works as data scientist at Viasuisse AG in Biel, Switzerland. His research interests include smart cities and logistics, fuzzy logic, recommender systems, and software engineering.
Innehållsförteckning
Part I. Motivation & Objectives.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part II. Theoretical Background.- Chapter 2. Insights into Smart Cities and Smart Logistics.- Chapter 3. Computational Intelligence.- Part III. Applications.- Chapter 4. Fuzzifying Geospatial Traffic Data to Convey Information.- Chapter 5. Ethical Classification of Postal Customers.- Part IV. Framework and Implementation.- Chapter 6. The Fuzzy Ant Routing (FAR) Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 7. The FAR Artifact.- Part V. Conclusions.- Chapter 8. Outlook and Conclusions.