Thirty years of heterogeneous vehicle routing

Ç Koç, T Bektaş, O Jabali, G Laporte - European Journal of Operational …, 2016 - Elsevier
It has been around 30 years since the heterogeneous vehicle routing problem was
introduced, and significant progress has since been made on this problem and its variants …

Biased randomization of heuristics using skewed probability distributions: A survey and some applications

A Grasas, AA Juan, J Faulin, J De Armas… - Computers & Industrial …, 2017 - Elsevier
Randomized heuristics are widely used to solve large scale combinatorial optimization
problems. Among the plethora of randomized heuristics, this paper reviews those that …

A simulated annealing algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with two-dimensional loading constraints

L Wei, Z Zhang, D Zhang, SCH Leung - European journal of operational …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the well-known capacitated vehicle routing problem with two-dimensional
loading constraints (2L-CVRP). It requires designing a set of min-cost routes, starting and …

Solving the deterministic and stochastic uncapacitated facility location problem: from a heuristic to a simheuristic

J De Armas, AA Juan, JM Marquès… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The uncapacitated facility location problem (UFLP) is a popular combinatorial optimization
problem with practical applications in different areas, from logistics to telecommunication …

A simheuristic approach for the two-dimensional vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times

D Guimarans, O Dominguez, J Panadero… - … Modelling Practice and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The two-dimensional vehicle routing problem (2L-VRP) is a realistic extension of the
classical vehicle routing problem in which customers' demands are composed by sets of non …

Enhancing and extending the classical GRASP framework with biased randomisation and simulation

D Ferone, A Gruler, P Festa, AA Juan - Journal of the Operational …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Greedy Randomised Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) is one of the best-
known metaheuristics to solve complex combinatorial optimisation problems (COPs). This …

A hybrid heuristic for a broad class of vehicle routing problems with heterogeneous fleet

PHV Penna, A Subramanian, LS Ochi, T Vidal… - Annals of Operations …, 2019 - Springer
We consider a family of rich vehicle routing problems (RVRP) which have the particularity to
combine a heterogeneous fleet with other attributes, such as backhauls, multiple depots …

A multicriteria analysis for the green VRP: A case discussion for the distribution problem of a Spanish retailer

B Sawik, J Faulin, E Pérez-Bernabeu - Transportation Research Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
This research presents the group of green vehicle routing problems with environmental
costs translated into money versus production of noise, pollution and fuel consumption. This …

A biased-randomised large neighbourhood search for the two-dimensional vehicle routing problem with backhauls

O Dominguez, D Guimarans, AA Juan… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The two-dimensional loading vehicle routing problem with clustered backhauls (2L-VRPB) is
a realistic extension of the classical vehicle routing problem where both delivery and pickup …

A simheuristic for routing electric vehicles with limited driving ranges and stochastic travel times

L Reyes-Rubiano, D Ferone, AA Juan, J Faulin - Sort, 2019 - upcommons.upc.edu
Green transportation is becoming relevant in the context of smart cities, where the use of
electric vehicles represents a promising strategy to support sustainability policies. However …