Research On Drone Scheduling In Rural Logistics In Western Guangdong

In recent years,the application of drone logistics in special scenarios such as fresh food delivery and delivery in mountainous and island areas has increasingly developed greater advantages than traditional transport methods.The cities of Zhanjiang,Maoming and Yangjiang in the western Guangdong have a large amount of high-quality fruits and seafood,but due to the imperfect logistics network system in the region,especially the insufficient express transportation network for high value-added fresh products and other problems,the rich agricultural products are not well transported and marketed.To solve these problems,this study introduces a new transportation method,the drone,to focus on the transportation of agricultural products out of the region.Based on a review of relevant literature,a rural logistics drone scheduling model is established in conjunction with the classical modelling theory of VRP for rural logistics distribution,and specific analysis,design and testing and computational research are carried out for two scheduling scenarios under distribution center independence and distribution centre collaboration,respectively,to explore the development of single-center drone capacity scheduling planning and multi-center drone capacity scheduling optimization under a large region based on path problems.The research is based on a field study in western Guangdong.Combining field research data from the western region of Guangdong,the two scheduling models are calculated and analyzed using genetic algorithms to determine the necessity and practical significance of transferring UAVs between distribution centers in the region,and to provide management insights.It is hoped that the paper will attempt to solve the problem of poor transportation of agricultural products in western Guangdong,improve the quality of goods preservation during transportation,improve the efficiency of two-way channel operation,reduce logistics costs and improve the overall logistics and transportation efficiency.The findings of this paper are expected to further promote the improvement of the development of China’s rural logistics system under the application of new technologies,bring into play the comparative advantages of drones,enrich the study of dispatching in rural logistics,tap more development potential of rural logistics,provide new ideas to promote the economic development of western Guangdong,and provide useful references to help the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.