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COR
2007
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Arcs-states models for the vehicle routing problem with time windows and related problems
This paper presents several Arcs-States models that can be applied to numerous vehicle routing problems, one of which is the well-known vehicle routing problem with capacities and...
Thierry Mautor, Edith Naudin
AAAI
2000
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Solving a Supply Chain Optimization Problem Collaboratively
We propose a novel algorithmic framework to solve an integrated planning and scheduling problem in supply chain management. This problem involves the integration of an inventory m...
Hoong Chuin Lau, Andrew Lim, Qi Zhang Liu
AIPS
2003
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Vehicle Routing and Job Shop Scheduling: What's the Difference?
Despite a number of similarities, vehicle routing problems and scheduling problems are typically solved with different techniques. In this paper, we undertake a systematic study o...
J. Christopher Beck, Patrick Prosser, Evgeny Selen...
AAAI
2007
13 years 7 months ago
Randomized Adaptive Spatial Decoupling for Large-Scale Vehicle Routing with Time Windows
In recent years, the size of combinatorial applications and the need to produce high-quality solutions quickly have increased steadily, providing significant challenges for optim...
Russell Bent, Pascal Van Hentenryck
CIAC
2003
Springer
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13 years 8 months ago
Differential Approximation for Some Routing Problems
We study vehicle routing problems with constraints on the distance traveled by each vehicle or on the number of vehicles. The objective is to minimize the total distance traveled b...
Cristina Bazgan, Refael Hassin, Jérôm...
CP
1998
Springer
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Using Constraint Programming and Local Search Methods to Solve Vehicle Routing Problems
We use a local search method we term Large Neighbourhood Search (LNS) for solving vehicle routing problems. LNS meshes well with constraint programming technology and is analogous...
Paul Shaw