Vehicle Routing Problems: Formulations and Heuristic Solution Techniques

Abstract

An essential element of the newspaper logistics system is the allocation and routing of vehicles for the purpose of delivering newspapers on a daily basis. In this paper, the author presents various vehicle routing problems. Formulations defining the mathematical models are discussed in conjunction with several widely-used heuristic solution techniques. The focus is on providing a unified framework for these very difficult combinatorial programming problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013639

Entities

People

  • Bruce L. Golden

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Computer Programming
  • Equations
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Integer Programming
  • Literature Surveys
  • Massachusetts
  • Mathematical Models
  • Newspapers
  • Operations Research
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Time Intervals
  • Travel Time

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