A survey of variants and extensions of the location-routing problem

M Drexl, M Schneider - European journal of operational research, 2015 - Elsevier
This is a review of the literature on variants and extensions of the standard location-routing
problem published since the last survey, by Nagy and Salhi, appeared in 2006. We propose …

Vehicle routing and location routing with intermediate stops: A review

M Schiffer, M Schneider, G Walther… - Transportation …, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper reviews the literature on vehicle routing problems and location routing problems
with intermediate stops. We classify publications into different categories from both an …

The flying sidekick traveling salesman problem: Optimization of drone-assisted parcel delivery

CC Murray, AG Chu - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2015 - Elsevier
Once limited to the military domain, unmanned aerial vehicles are now poised to gain
widespread adoption in the commercial sector. One such application is to deploy these …

The electric vehicle-routing problem with time windows and recharging stations

M Schneider, A Stenger, D Goeke - Transportation science, 2014 - pubsonline.informs.org
Driven by new laws and regulations concerning the emission of greenhouse gases, carriers
are starting to use electric vehicles for last-mile deliveries. The limited battery capacities of …

The electric fleet size and mix vehicle routing problem with time windows and recharging stations

G Hiermann, J Puchinger, S Ropke, RF Hartl - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to new regulations and further technological progress in the field of electric vehicles, the
research community faces the new challenge of incorporating the electric energy based …

A green vehicle routing problem

S Erdoğan, E Miller-Hooks - Transportation research part E: logistics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
A Green Vehicle Routing Problem (G-VRP) is formulated and solution techniques are
developed to aid organizations with alternative fuel-powered vehicle fleets in overcoming …

Synchronization in vehicle routing—a survey of VRPs with multiple synchronization constraints

M Drexl - Transportation Science, 2012 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper presents a survey of vehicle routing problems with multiple synchronization
constraints. These problems exhibit, in addition to the usual task covering constraints, further …

The green vehicle routing problem: A heuristic based exact solution approach

Ç Koç, I Karaoglan - Applied Soft Computing, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper develops a simulated annealing heuristic based exact solution approach to solve
the green vehicle routing problem (G-VRP) which extends the classical vehicle routing …

A multi-space sampling heuristic for the green vehicle routing problem

A Montoya, C Guéret, JE Mendoza… - … Research Part C …, 2016 - Elsevier
The green vehicle routing problem (Green VRP) is an extension of the VRP in which routes
are performed using alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). AFVs have limited tank capacity, so …

Planning a sustainable reverse logistics system: Balancing costs with environmental and social concerns

TRP Ramos, MI Gomes, AP Barbosa-Póvoa - Omega, 2014 - Elsevier
The present work aims to support tactical and operational planning decisions of reverse
logistics systems while considering economic, environmental and social objectives. In the …