A vehicle routing problem with time windows and stochastic demands

MS Chang - Journal of the Chinese institute of engineers, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This study presents an approach for considering a vehicle routing problem where customers'
pickup demands are uncertain and require serving within some settled time windows …

Vehicle routing problems with time windows and stochastic travel and service times: Models and algorithm

X Li, P Tian, SCH Leung - International Journal of Production Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper studies a version of stochastic vehicle routing problems, in which travel and
service times are stochastic, and a time window constraint is associated with each customer …

An integer L-shaped algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with time windows and stochastic demands

J De La Vega, M Gendreau, R Morabito… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the vehicle routing problem with time windows and stochastic
demands (VRPTWSD). The problem is modeled as a two-stage stochastic program with …

A stochastic vehicle routing problem with travel time uncertainty: trade-off between cost and customer service

J Zhang, WHK Lam, BY Chen - Networks and Spatial Economics, 2013 - Springer
On-time shipment delivery is critical for just-in-time production and quick response logistics.
Due to uncertainties in travel and service times, on-time arrival probability of vehicles at …

An efficiently novel model for vehicle routing problems with stochastic demands

SK İşleyen, ÖF Baykoç - Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational …, 2009 - World Scientific
In this paper, the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands (VRPSD) is considered
where customer demands are normally distributed. We propose a new model for computing …

On-time delivery probabilistic models for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands and time windows

J Zhang, WHK Lam, BY Chen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing attention is given to on-time delivery of goods in the distribution and logistics
industry. Due to uncertainties in customer demands, on-time deliveries cannot be ensured …

An Integer L-shaped algorithm for vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery and stochastic pickup

Y Che, Z Zhang - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper addresses an exact algorithm for vehicle routing problem with simultaneous
pickup and delivery in which customer demands to be collected are stochastic. The problem …

A Three‐Stage Saving‐Based Heuristic for Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Stochastic Travel Times

Z Wang, C Zhou - Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a saving‐based heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with time
windows and stochastic travel times (VRPTWSTT). One of the basic ideas of the heuristic is …

Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Simultaneous Delivery and Pick‐Up Service Based on MCPSO

X Gan, Y Wang, S Li, B Niu - Mathematical Problems in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper considers two additional factors of the widely researched vehicle routing problem
with time windows (VRPTW). The two factors, which are very common characteristics in …

A vehicle routing and scheduling problem with time windows and stochastic demand constraints

HL Ong, BW Ang, TN Goh… - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 1997 - search.proquest.com
A framework to model a real world vehicle routing and scheduling problem is presented in
which a set of customers is to be served by a number of vehicles with known capacity. The …