Dynamic vehicle routing with priority classes of stochastic demands

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3224-3245

  Smith, Stephen L ^a   Pavone, Marco ^b   Bullo, Francesco ^c   Frazzoli, Emilio ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous systems; Multiagent systems; Optimization; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEHICLE ROUTING;

CONSTANT FACTORS; CONVEX COMBINATIONS; DYNAMIC VEHICLE ROUTING; DYNAMIC VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS; HEAVY LOAD CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; STOCHASTIC DEMAND;

VEHICLES;

EID: 85013429610     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090749347     Document Type: Article

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