Urban areas worldwide face a significant environmental challenge which is increasing
municipal solid waste rate. Addressing its negative consequences necessitates …

The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a typical discrete combinatorial optimization problem,
and many models and algorithms have been proposed to solve the VRP and its variants …

This paper is concerned with solving combinatorial optimization problems, in particular, the
capacitated vehicle routing problems (CVRP). Classical Operations Research (OR) …

The development of electric vehicle (EV) techniques has led to a new vehicle routing
problem (VRP) called the capacitated EV routing problem (CEVRP). Because of the limited …

With the rising share of electric vehicles used in the service industry, the optimization of their
specific constraints is gaining importance. Lowering energy consumption, time of charging …

Multi-vehicle routing problem with soft time windows (MVRPSTW) is an indispensable
constituent in urban logistics distribution systems. Over the past decade, numerous methods …

The enabling Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology has inspired a large number of novel
platforms and applications. One popular IoT platform is unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs …

The capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) is a classical combinatorial optimization
problem, which has received much attention due to its main challenges as distribution …

A key goal of contemporary agriculture is to dramatically increase production of food, feed,
fiber, and biofuel products in a sustainable fashion, facing the pressure of diminishing farm …

In this paper, the optimization of Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Alternative
Delivery, Pick-up and Time windows is considered. The development of this problem was …