Rich vehicle routing with auxiliary depots and anticipated deliveries: An application to pharmaceutical distribution

R Kramer, JF Cordeau, M Iori - … Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2019 - Elsevier
We present and solve a rich vehicle routing problem based on a practical distribution
problem faced by a third-party logistics provider, whose aim is to deliver pharmaceutical …

[HTML][HTML] The Impact of Variable Ambient Temperatures on the Energy Efficiency and Performance of Electric Vehicles during Waste Collection

M Cieśla, P Nowakowski, M Wala - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The market for electric cars (EVs) is growing quickly, which has led to a diversity of models
and significant technological advancements, particularly in the areas of energy …

Medicine distribution problem between pharmacy warehouse and pharmacies

E Köse, B Düzenlİ, Sİ Çakmak, D Vural - Sādhanā, 2022 - Springer
The pharmaceutical supply chain consists of supplier, distributor (pharmaceutical
warehouses) and retail (pharmacists) stages. Since the costs of some pharmaceuticals are …

Economic development based on a mathematical model: An optimal solution method for the fuel supply of international road transport activity

MT Fülöp, M Gubán, G Kovács, M Avornicului - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to globalization and increased market competition, forwarding companies must focus
on the optimization of their international transport activities and on cost reduction. The …

[PDF][PDF] Roundabout users subjective safety—Case study from upper silesian and masovian voivodeships (Poland)

E Macioszek, A Kurek - Trans. Transp. Sci, 2020 - tots.upol.cz
The main objective of the work was inventory intersections like roundabouts in all cities with
poviat rights located in two voivodeships of Poland: Upper Silesian and Masovian, and then …

Complex task assignment of heterogeneous UAVs under timing constraints

Y Zhang, J Xu, Z Wu, Y Ma - 2020 IEEE 16th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper improves the Consensus-Based Bundle Algorithms (CBBA), and solves the
problem of heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) complex task allocation under …

Solving MDVRP Using Two-Step Clustering: A Case Study of Pharmaceutical Distribution in Tehran

A Bagheri Tofighi, F Gorji, A Deravi… - Advances in Industrial …, 2024 - aie.ut.ac.ir
The healthcare sector has recently encountered significant challenges, including limited
funding and intense competition. These issues have adversely impacted hospital supply …

Zastosowanie sztucznego systemu immunologicznego do rozwiązania wielokryterialnego problemu dystrybucji dostaw

B Mrówczyńska - Prace Naukowe Politechniki Warszawskiej …, 2017 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
W artykule przedstawiono rozwiązanie problemu znanego jako zadanie komiwojażera.
Prezentowany problem polega na minimalizacji kosztów dystrybucji dostaw do wielu …

Supporting a Pharmaceutical Wholesaler in the Vehicle Fleet Organization: an Italian Case Study

F Guerriero, R Guido, G Mirabelli… - 2019 10th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pharmaceutical supply chains are very complex and characterized by many actors, who
want to maximize their respective revenue. Except for special cases, wholesale distributors …

Methodology of Solving Selected Routing Problems

B Mrówczyńska - Graph-Based Modelling in Science, Technology and …, 2022 - Springer
The article presents the methodology of solving selected routing problems, which include
the traveling salesman problem (TSP) and the arc routing problem (ARP). Graphs are used …