A taxonomic review of metaheuristic algorithms for solving the vehicle routing problem and its variants

R Elshaer, H Awad - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, a taxonomic review of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) literature published
between 2009 and June 2015 stated that most of the surveyed articles use metaheuristics …

Digitalizing the closing-of-the-loop for supply chains: A transportation and blockchain perspective

A Bekrar, A Ait El Cadi, R Todosijevic, J Sarkis - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The circular economy is gaining in importance globally and locally. The COVID-19 crisis, as
an exceptional event, showed the limits and the fragility of supply chains, with circular …

Variable neighborhood search: basics and variants

P Hansen, N Mladenović, R Todosijević… - EURO Journal on …, 2017 - Elsevier
Variable neighborhood search (VNS) is a framework for building heuristics, based upon
systematic changes of neighborhoods both in a descent phase, to find a local minimum, and …

[PDF][PDF] A history of metaheuristics

K Sorensen, M Sevaux, F Glover - arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.00853, 2017 - arxiv.org
A History of Metaheuristics arXiv:1704.00853v1 [cs.AI] 4 Apr 2017 Page 1 A History of
Metaheuristics ∗ Kenneth Sörensen Marc Sevaux Fred Glover Abstract This chapter …

Variable neighborhood search: The power of change and simplicity

J Brimberg, S Salhi, R Todosijević… - Computers & Operations …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review discusses and analyses three main contributions championed by Professor
Mladenović. These include variable neighborhood search (VNS), variable formulation space …

Consideration of triple bottom line objectives for sustainability in the optimization of vehicle routing and loading operations: a systematic literature review

CA Vega-Mejía, JR Montoya-Torres… - Annals of Operations …, 2019 - Springer
The current global interest in improving the use of ever-scarcer natural resources calls for
the re-alignment of supply chain operations to include not only economic factors, but …

Memetic search for the minmax multiple traveling salesman problem with single and multiple depots

P He, JK Hao - European Journal of Operational Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The minmax multiple traveling salesman problem with single depot (the minmax mTSP) or
multiple depots (the minmax multidepot mTSP) aims to minimize the longest tour among a …

Multi-objective optimization of costs and energy efficiency associated with autonomous industrial processes for sustainable growth

F Rubio, C Llopis-Albert, F Valero - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
Digital technologies are transforming the industrial landscape and disrupting traditional
business models. New business opportunities related to Industry 4.0 are emerging, so …

Multi‐mode resource‐constrained project scheduling using modified variable neighborhood search heuristic

RK Chakrabortty, A Abbasi… - … in Operational Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims at providing a fast near‐optimum solution to the multi‐mode resource‐
constrained project scheduling problems (MRCPSPs), for projects with activities that have …

Decomposition based multi-objective variable neighborhood descent algorithm for logistics dispatching

YL Lan, F Liu, WWY Ng, J Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicle routing problem with time window (VRPTW) is the most representative optimization
problem in logistics researches, which appears to be a multi-objective optimization problem …