[HTML][HTML] Synchronisation in vehicle routing: classification schema, modelling framework and literature review

R Soares, A Marques, P Amorim, SN Parragh - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The practical relevance and challenging nature of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) have
motivated the Operations Research community to consider different practical requirements …

A systematic literature review of vehicle routing problems with time windows

X Liu, YL Chen, LY Por, CS Ku - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vehicle routing problems with time windows (VRPTW) have gained a lot of attention due to
their important role in real-life logistics and transport. As a result of the complexity of real-life …

A clustering-based extended genetic algorithm for the multidepot vehicle routing problem with time windows and three-dimensional loading constraints

Y Wang, Y Wei, X Wang, Z Wang, H Wang - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the multidepot vehicle routing problem with time windows and three-dimensional
loading constraints (MDVRPTW-TDLC) is a multiconstraint and combinatorial optimization …

Design of a two-echelon freight distribution system in last-mile logistics considering covering locations and occasional drivers

FY Vincent, P Jodiawan, ML Hou… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research addresses a new variant of the vehicle routing problem, called the two-
echelon vehicle routing problem with time windows, covering options, and occasional …

A new efficient biased random key genetic algorithm for open shop scheduling with routing by capacitated single vehicle and makespan minimization

LR Abreu, RF Tavares-Neto, MS Nagano - Engineering Applications of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last years, researchers have been paying particular attention to scheduling
problems integrating production environments and distribution systems to adopt more …

Fleet sizing and routing of healthcare automated guided vehicles

I Aziez, JF Côté, LC Coelho - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes techniques to improve the efficiency of transportation activities within
hospitals. Transportation is a major activity in hospitals which requires management efforts …

A deep reinforcement learning-based approach for the home delivery and installation routing problem

H Qiu, S Wang, Y Yin, D Wang, Y Wang - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a home delivery and installation routing problem with
synchronization constraints stemming from a home industry company in China who provides …

Vehicle routing with heterogeneous service types: Optimizing post-harvest preprocessing operations for fruits and vegetables in short food supply chains

N Lin, R Akkerman, A Kanellopoulos, X Hu… - … Research Part E …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the post-harvest preprocessing of fruits and vegetables, aiming to
provide an effective way to conduct preprocessing operations in short food supply chains …

[HTML][HTML] Synchronizing delivery and installation with vehicle sharing: A hybrid adaptive large neighborhood search

MS Erdogan, R M'Hallah - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the real-life synchronized delivery and installation with vehicle sharing
problem (SDIVSP). Two fleets of vehicles serve a set of customers within their specified time …

[HTML][HTML] Iterative matheuristic for the biomedical sample transportation problem

C Mazzanti, AM Anaya-Arenas, V Bélanger… - Computers & Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an iterative matheuristic for solving the biomedical sample
transportation problem (BSTP), which is a routing problem with multiple and interdependent …