An algorithm for the distribution of fresh vegetables in which the perishability represents a critical factor was developed. This particular problem was formulated as a vehicle routing problem with time windows and time-dependent travel-times (VRPTWTD) where the travel-times between two …
Transportation is an important component of supply chain competitiveness since it plays a major role in the inbound, inter-facility, and outbound logistics. In this context, assigning and scheduling vehicle routes is a crucial management problem. In this paper, a vehicle …
We generalize the standard vehicle routing problem with time windows by allowing both traveling times and traveling costs to be time-dependent functions. In our algorithm, we use a local search to determine routes of the vehicles. When we evaluate a …
In this paper, a dynamic road network problem is described where dynamic travel times are considered. We present a method of getting the road time function based on analyzing strategy for solving time dependent vehicle routing problem (TDVRP). Obtain the …
Assigning and scheduling vehicle routes in a dynamic environment is a crucial management problem. Despite numerous publications dealing with efficient scheduling methods for vehicle routing, very few addressed the inherent stochastic and dynamic nature of travel times. In this paper, …
This paper studies an arc routing problem with capacity constraints and time-dependent service costs. This problem is motivated by winter gritting applications where the “timing” of each intervention is crucial. The exact problem-solving approach reported here first transforms the arc …
The traveling salesman problem is one of the most famous combinatorial optimization problems and has been intensively studied. Many extensions to the basic problem have also been proposed, with the aim of making the resulting mathematical models as realistic as …
Mobile communication technologies enable truck drivers to keep abreast of changing traffic conditions in real-time. We assume that such communication capability exists for a single vehicle traveling from a known origin to a known destination where certain arcs en route …
© 2006 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.Time dependent vehicle routing problem is a vehicle routing problem in which travel costs along the network are dependent upon the time of day during which travel is to be carried out. …
We study optimal routing policy problems in stochastic time-dependent networks, where link travel times are modeled as random variables with time-dependent distributions. These are fundamental network optimization problems for a wide variety of applications, such as transportation and telecommunication systems. …