RETRACTION: A viability study using conceptual models for last mile drone logistics operations in populated urban cities of India

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RETRACTION: P. R. Gabani, U. B. Gala, V. S. Narwane, R. D. Raut, U. H. Govindarajan, B. E. Narkhede: A viability study using conceptual models for last mile drone logistics operations in populated urban cities of India. IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing 3, no. 3, 262–272 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1049/cim2.12006.

The above article, published online on 16 February 2021 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editors-in-Chief; Liang Gao and Weiming Shen; the Institution of Engineering and Technology; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This article was published as part of a guest-edited special issue. Following an investigation, the IET, John Wiley & Sons Ltd and the journal have determined that the article was not reviewed in line with the journal's peer review standards and there is evidence that the peer review process of the special issue underwent systematic manipulation. Furthermore, the conclusions of this manuscript are unsupported by any relevant experiments or calculations. Accordingly, we cannot vouch for the integrity or reliability of the content and have taken the decision to retract the article. The authors have been informed of the decision and disagree with the retraction.