CLASH: A heuristic to solve vehicle routing problems with delivery, pick-up and time windows

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 460-477

  Ganesh, K ^a   Narendran, T T ^b  

^a Lakshmi Machine Works Limited   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Clustering; Genetic algorithm; Logistics; Time windows; Vehicle routing problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648817266     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2007.013466     Document Type: Article

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