Recent exact algorithms for solving the vehicle routing problem under capacity and time window constraints

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Baldacci, Roberto ^a   Mingozzi, Aristide ^a   Roberti, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exact algorithms; Survey; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; EXACT ALGORITHMS; EXACT METHODS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; TIME WINDOW CONSTRAINT; TIME WINDOWS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

ALGORITHMS; NETWORK ROUTING; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SURVEYS;

VEHICLE ROUTING;

EID: 83955162912     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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