A dynamic programming heuristic for vehicle routing with time-dependent travel times and required breaks

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 83-108

  Kok, A L ^a   Hans, E W ^b   Schutten, J M J ^b   Zijm, W H M ^b  

^a ORTEC The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving hours regulations; Duty time minimization; Restricted dynamic programming; Time dependent travel times; Vehicle routing problem with time windows

Indexed keywords

DRIVING HOURS; DUTY TIME; RESTRICTED DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; TIME-DEPENDENT TRAVEL TIMES; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH TIME WINDOWS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLES;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 79952623641     PISSN: 19366582     EISSN: 19366590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10696-011-9077-4     Document Type: Article

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