The Vehicle Routing Problem - Brossura

 
9780898715798: The Vehicle Routing Problem

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Describes the main variants of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), alongside applications and case studies.

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Descrizione del libro

The first part of this book covers basic VRP, known more commonly as capacitated VRP. Part two covers three main variants of VRP: with time windows, backhauls, and pickup and delivery. The last part covers issues arising in real-world VRP applications and includes case studies and references to software packages.

Contenuti

List of Contributors; Preface; 1. An Overview of Vehicle Routing Problems; Part I. Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problems. 2. Branch-and-Bound Algorithms for the Capacitated VRP; 3. Branch-and-Cut Algorithms for the Capacitated VRP; 4. Set-Covering-Based Algorithms for the Capacitated VRP; 5. Classical Heuristics for the Capacitated VRP; 6. Metaheuristics for the Capacitated VRP; Part II. Important Variants of the Vehicle Routing Problem. 7. VRP with Time Windows; 8. VRP with Backhauls; 9. VRP with Pickup and Delivery; Part III. Applications and Case Studies. 10. Routing Vehicles in the Real World. Applications in the Solid Waste, Beverage, Food, Dairy, and Newspaper Industries; 11. Capacitated Arc Routing Problem with Vehicle-Site Dependencies. The Philadelphia Experience; 12. Inventory Routing in Practice; 13. Routing Under Uncertainty. An Application in the Scheduling of Field Service Engineers; 14. Evolution of Microcomputer-Based Vehicle Routing Software. Case Studies in the United States; Index.

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