Literature Review on Bus and Rail Assisted Drone Delivery

A literature review compiles existing research on integrating drone delivery systems with bus and rail public transport networks. The dataset, created by Song Jin, is a 5.5 KB Excel file last updated in April 2026. It synthesizes academic and technical publications on this emerging multi-modal logistics concept.

Use Cases

• Analyzing publication trends and research gaps in bus-assisted drone delivery from the compiled literature list.
• Identifying key authors, institutions, and methodologies cited in rail-assisted drone delivery research.
• Extracting technical parameters like drone range or transit schedules discussed in the reviewed papers for model input.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing.
• Focus on a specific, emerging niche of drone logistics assisted by public transit.

Limitations

• Extremely small scale at 5.5 KB, indicating a very brief review or list with limited detail.
• Content is a synthesis of other works, not primary observational or experimental data.
• No column names or sample data are provided to assess the structure and depth of the review.

Provenance

Source

Song Jin, via the figshare repository.

Collection Method

Compilation and review of existing academic and technical literature.

Time Range

Covers literature published prior to the dataset's creation date.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026, indicating planned future maintenance.