Vehicle routing problem with fuzzy time windows

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-695

  Tang, Jiafu ^a   Pan, Zhendong ^a   Fung, Richard Y K ^b   Lau, Henry ^c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF INTEGRATED AUTOMATION OF PROCESS INDUSTRY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fuzzy constraints; Multi objective programming; Service level; Time windows; Vehicle routing problem (VRP)

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FUNCTIONS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MICROCONTROLLERS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; NETWORK ROUTING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SALES; VEHICLES; WINDOWS;

FUZZY CONSTRAINTS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; SERVICE LEVEL; TIME WINDOWS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM (VRP);

VEHICLE ROUTING;

EID: 58149512336     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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