Exact and hybrid methods for the multiperiod field service routing problem

Fabien Tricoire (), Nathalie Bostel (), Pierre Dejax () and Pierre Guez ()

Central European Journal of Operations Research, 2013, vol. 21, issue 2, 359-377

Abstract: This article deals with a particular class of routing problem, consisting of the planning and routing of technicians in the field. This problem has been identified as a multiperiod, multidepot uncapacitated vehicle routing problem with specific constraints that we call the multiperiod field service routing problem (MPFSRP). We propose a set covering formulation of the problem for the column generation technique and we develop an exact branch and price solution method for small-sized instances. We also propose several heuristic versions for larger instances. We present the results of experiments on realistic data adapted from an industrial application. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013

Keywords: Vehicle routing; Technician routing; Field service logistics; Column generation; Branch and price; Hybrid methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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