Track: Undergraduate Research Competition

Abstract

The paper explores and reviews the mathematical optimization models that have been developed seeking to incorporate light electric vehicles for load distribution in logistics distribution models. This exploration is done through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) with the purpose of making a deep understanding of the optimization functions, the decision variables, and the parameters that have been used in the reviewed research. In addition, the document investigates the attention that this issue has received in recent years in different optimization approaches such as distribution time, greenhouse gas emissions, or operating costs. Furthermore, the paper highlights the relevance of in-depth research that allows the development of new mathematical models that make evident the viability of the implementation of eco-friendly cargo vehicles in Latin American cities’ distribution systems in terms of costs, and the need for a replicable model-construction methodology in locations with similar characteristics.