The scheduling of deliveries and the routing of vehicles are of great importance for supply
chain operations, as both determine to a great extent the distribution costs, as well as …

Vehicle routing problems have been the focus of extensive research over the past sixty
years, driven by their economic importance and their theoretical interest. The diversity of …

This study investigates a practical heterogeneous vehicle routing problem that involves
routing a predefined fleet with different vehicle capacities to serve a series of customers to …

Heterogeneous fleet vehicles can be used to reduce carbon emissions. We propose an
improved branch-and-price (BAP) algorithm to precisely solve the heterogeneous fleet …

In the context of simulation-based optimisation, this paper reviews recent work related to the
role of metaheuristics, matheuristics (combinations of exact optimisation methods with …

In this paper, we investigate vehicle routing problems with third-party transshipment facilities
that arise in the context of city logistics. Contrary to classical vehicle routing problems, where …

We consider the shortest path problem with resource constraints arising as a subproblem in
state-of-the-art branch-cut-and-price algorithms for vehicle routing problems. We propose a …

Customer relationship management is of high importance as it strengthens customer
satisfaction. Providing consistent customer service cultivates customer retention and brand …

This work proposes a partial optimization metaheuristic under special intensification
conditions (POPMUSIC) for the classical capacitated vehicle routing problem. The proposed …

Vehicle routing, being a major concern of any industry with transportation requirements
(manufacturing, supply-chain, travel and tourism, etc.), offers immense scope for research …