The MSRC regularly hosts Colloquium talks and research conferences. In this academic year, they typically take place on Monday between 4-5 pm in MAPTC/0G/018.

Upcoming:

Date: 10 March 2025

Speaker: Carlos Lamas-Fernandez (University of Southampton)
Title: "Last mile delivery optimisation with consolidation and collaboration"
Abstract: "In this talk we will talk about various projects related to mathematical models for last mile delivery, where the aim is to optimise routes to minimise cost and carbon emissions. We will look at innovative set ups, where companies own vehicles, but use a third-party porter service and consolidation to save cost and emissions. Integrating driving and walking, and the use of consolidation points gives rise to various challenging optimisation problems, which we tackle with both exact (branch-and-cut) and metaheuristic (Tabu Search) methods. We also explore the potential of such approaches to support horizontal collaboration between different couriers. While this is worthwhile in terms of cost, brings additional challenges on how these benefits should be shared for coalitions to be stable, which we tackle use game-theoretical concepts."