An adaptive VNS algorithm for vehicle routing problems with intermediate stops

OR Spectrum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 353-387

  Schneider, Michael ^a   Stenger, Andreas ^b   Hof, Julian ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Lufthansa AG   (Germany)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Intermediate stops; Recharging; Refueling; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925537688     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-014-0376-5     Document Type: Article

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