An exact algorithm for vehicle routing and scheduling problem of free pickup and delivery service in flight ticket sales companies based on set-partitioning model

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 789-799

  Dong, Gang ^a   Tang, Jiafu ^b   Lai, Kin Keung ^a   Kong, Yuan ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exact Algorithm; Flight ticket sales company; Free pickup and delivery service; Routing and scheduling; Set partitioning model

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE PASSENGERS; DELIVERY TIME; EXACT ALGORITHMS; FLIGHT TICKET SALES COMPANY; FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPERATIONAL COSTS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PASSENGER SATISFACTION; PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE; PICKUP AND DELIVERY; RANDOM INSTANCE; ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; SECOND PHASE; SERVICE QUALITY; START-UP COSTS; TIME DEVIATION; VEHICLE CAPACITY; VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH TIME WINDOWS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FREE FLIGHT; INDUSTRY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PICKUPS; SALES; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 80053471714     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-009-0311-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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