A vehicle routing problem of both refrigerated- and general-type vehicles for perishable food products delivery

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-71

  Song, Byung Duk ^a   Ko, Young Dae ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristic algorithm; Multi commodity; Perishable food product delivery; Refrigerated type vehicle; Vehicle routing problem

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; NETWORK ROUTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY TIME; MULTI-COMMODITY; NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRODUCT DELIVERY; ROUTINGS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84940559410     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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