A dynamic programming heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with time windows and European community social legislation

Transportation Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-454

  Kok, A L ^a   Meyer, C M ^b   Kopfer, H ^b   Schutten, J M J ^c  

^a ORTEC The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Break scheduling; Drivers' working hours; European Community (EC) regulations on driving time; Restricted dynamic programming; Vehicle routing and scheduling

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CRASHWORTHINESS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SCHEDULING; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLES;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DRIVERS' WORKING HOURS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; SCHEDULING HEURISTICS; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH TIME WINDOWS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 78649787661     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1100.0331     Document Type: Article

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