Publications

Marcella Kaplan, “Implications of Advanced Technologies on Rural Delivery,” Virginia Tech Dissertation (2024).

Marcella Kaplan, Kevin Heaslip, “The Parallel Scheduling Vehicle Routing Problem for Multimodal Package Delivery,” IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Jeju Island, South Korea (2024).

Marcella Kaplan, Kevin Heaslip, “A Literature Synthesis of Emerging Last Mile Delivery Technologies and their Applications to Rural Areas: Drones, Autonomous Delivery Vehicles, and Truck-Drones,” Transportation Research Record (2024).

Marcella Kaplan, Kevin Heaslip, “Inferring Community Resilience through the Accessibility of Goods Delivery,” Resilience Findings (2022).

Marcella Kaplan, Susan Hotle, Kevin Heaslip, “How has COVID-19 Impacted Customer Perceptions and Demand for Delivery Services: An Exploratory Analysis,” Transport Policy (2022).

Marcella Kaplan, “Enhancing delivery of operations by optimizing the omni-channel supply chain through delivery as a service,” Virginia Tech Thesis (2021).

Kevin Heaslip, Doyeon Kim, Marcella Kaplan, Cara Dietrich, “Planning Corridors for Transit Signal Priority While Considering Pedestrian Delay”, Virginia Department of Transportation (2020).

In the News

M. Kaplan, “Guest Op-Ed: The Rise of Delivery as a Service”, Eno Transportation Weekly, (2022, Mar. 11).