 Applications of the vehicle routing problem with trailers and transshipmentsMichael Drexl European Journal of Operational Research, 2013, vol. 227, issue 2, 275-283 Abstract: The vehicle routing problem with trailers and transshipments (VRPTT) is a recent and challenging extension of the well-known vehicle routing problem. The VRPTT constitutes an archetypal representative of the class of vehicle routing problems with multiple synchronization constraints (VRPMSs). In addition to the usual task covering constraints, VRPMSs require further synchronization between vehicles, concerning spatial, temporal, and load aspects. VRPMSs possess considerable practical relevance, but limited coverage in the scientific literature. The purpose of the present paper is to describe how several important types of VRPMSs, such as multi-echelon location-routing problems and simultaneous vehicle and crew routing problems, can be modelled as VRPTTs. Keywords: Vehicle routing problem with trailers and transshipments; Vehicle routing problems with multiple synchronization constraints; Synchronization; Coordination; Models; Applications (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ejores:v:227:y:2013:i:2:p:275-283 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.12.015 Access Statistics for this article European Journal of Operational Research is currently edited by Roman Slowinski, Jesus Artalejo, Jean-Charles. Billaut, Robert Dyson and Lorenzo Peccati More articles in European Journal of Operational Research from Elsevier |
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