A survey of variants and extensions of the location-routing problem

M Drexl, M Schneider - European journal of operational research, 2015 - Elsevier
This is a review of the literature on variants and extensions of the standard location-routing
problem published since the last survey, by Nagy and Salhi, appeared in 2006. We propose …

Synchronization in vehicle routing—a survey of VRPs with multiple synchronization constraints

M Drexl - Transportation Science, 2012 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper presents a survey of vehicle routing problems with multiple synchronization
constraints. These problems exhibit, in addition to the usual task covering constraints, further …

Two-echelon vehicle routing problem with time windows and mobile satellites

H Li, H Wang, J Chen, M Bai - Transportation Research Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
To tackle the logistics challenges faced by enterprises using unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAV) with human-driven vans for parcel deliveries, we introduce the two-echelon vehicle …

The electric two-echelon vehicle routing problem

U Breunig, R Baldacci, RF Hartl, T Vidal - Computers & Operations …, 2019 - Elsevier
Two-echelon distribution systems are attractive from an economical standpoint and help to
keep large vehicles out of densely populated city centers. Large trucks can be used to …

Iterated local search heuristics for the vehicle routing problem with cross-docking

VWC Morais, GR Mateus, TF Noronha - Expert systems with applications, 2014 - Elsevier
This work addresses the Vehicle Routing Problem with Cross-Docking (VRPCD). The
problem consists in defining a minimum cost set of routes for a fleet of vehicles that meets …

Two-echelon vehicle routing problem with satellite bi-synchronization

H Li, H Wang, J Chen, M Bai - European Journal of Operational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In considering route optimization at a series of express stages from pickup to delivery via the
intercity linehaul, we introduce the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with satellite bi …

New families of valid inequalities for the two-echelon vehicle routing problem

G Perboli, R Tadei - Electronic notes in discrete mathematics, 2010 - Elsevier
Multi-echelon distribution systems are quite common in supply-chain and logistic
management. They are used by public administrations in their transportation and traffic …

The two‐echelon routing problem with truck and drones

L Vu, DM Vu, MH Hà, VP Nguyen - International Transactions in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we study novel variants of the well‐known two‐echelon vehicle routing
problem in which a truck works on the first echelon to transport parcels and a fleet of drones …

Integration of machine learning prediction and heuristic optimization for mask delivery in COVID-19

X Chen, HF Yan, YJ Zheng, M Karatas - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has created huge demands for medical
masks that need to be delivered to a lot of demand points to protect citizens. The efficiency of …

A branch-and-cut algorithm for the two-echelon capacitated vehicle routing problem with grouping constraints

T Liu, Z Luo, H Qin, A Lim - European Journal of Operational Research, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a branch-and-cut algorithm for the two-echelon capacitated vehicle
routing problem with grouping constraints (2E-CVRPGC), which is a new problem deriving …