This article provides a survey on the highly popular metaheuristic framework, the adaptive
large neighborhood search (ALNS). The basic concepts of ALNS are discussed in this …

The school bus routing problem (SBRP) is a challenging operations research problem that
has been studied by researchers for almost 50 years. SBRP publications address one or …

Optimization of the green logistics location-routing problem with eco-packages involves
solving a two-echelon location-routing problem and the pickup and delivery problem with …

The vehicle routing problem with drones (VRP-D) consists of designing combined truck-
drone routes and schedules to serve a set of customers with specific requests and time …

The “factory-in-a-box” concept involves assembling production modules (ie, factories) in
containers and transporting the containers to different customer locations. Such a concept …

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 …

This study addresses a variant of the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Mixed Fleet,
named as the Green Mixed Fleet Vehicle Routing Problem with Realistic Energy …

The problem studied in this paper is the multi-depot open vehicle routing problem, which
has the following two differences in relation to the classical vehicle routing problem: there …

Perishable product delivery has been a notable challenge due to the nature of perishability
and high customer expectations. Recently, emerging technologies such as electric and multi …

Abstract We present a Variable Tabu Neighborhood Search (VTNS) algorithm for solving a
class of Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problems (MDVRP). The proposed algorithm applies a …