Drone delivery scheduling simulations focusing on charging speed, weight, and battery capacity: case of remote islands in South Korea

초록

Most countries usually have a logistical dead-zone problem which the delivery demand cannot be fully fulfilled on time via conventional transportation vehicles (i.e. trucks) due to the intrinsic geographical conditions. Demand in either small islands or mountainous regions might be hard to fulfill by logistics providers in comparison with other delivery areas. In this work, we proposed a drone delivery scheduling model and conducted various simulations using it to check the effect of various factors such as recharging speed, drone weight, and battery capacity on the simulation results. To show the feasibility of the proposed model and simulations, we analyzed a real case of remote islands in South Korea.