The Vehicle Routing Problem || 1. An Overview of Vehicle Routing Problems

✍ Scribed by Toth, Paolo; Vigo, Daniele

• Book ID: 120068460
• Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 207 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0898718511
• DOI: 10.1137/1.9780898718515.ch1

✦ Synopsis

In The Field Of Combinatorial Optimization Problems, The Vehicle Routing Problem (vrp) Is One Of The Most Challenging. Defined More Than 40 Years Ago, The Problem Involves Designing The Optimal Set Of Routes For Fleets Of Vehicles For The Purpose Of Serving A Given Set Of Customers. Interest In Vrp Is Motivated By Its Practical Relevance As Well As Its Considerable Difficulty.