Green Logistics has emerged as the new agenda item in supply chain management. The
traditional objective of distribution management has been upgraded to minimizing system …

Under fierce market competition and the demand for low-carbon economy, cold chain
logistics companies have to pay attention to customer satisfaction and carbon emissions for …

A comprehensive guide to a powerful new analytical tool by two of its foremost innovators
The past decade has witnessed many exciting advances in the use of genetic algorithms …

This paper considers a profitable heterogeneous vehicle routing problem with cross-docking
(PHVRPCD). In the real world, it is not possible to serve all customers and suppliers. Based …

The challenges of simultaneous profit maximization and environmental or social externality
mitigation need to be urgently addressed by companies. Accordingly, attention to the …

With the continuous improvement of people's living standards and their increasing demand
for fresh food, the cold chain logistics industry has developed rapidly. One of the biggest …

According to the open vehicle routing problem (OVRP), a vehicle is not required to return to
the distribution depot after servicing the last customer on its route. In this paper, the open …

This paper develops an MILP model, named Satisfactory-Green Vehicle Routing Problem. It
consists of routing a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles in order to serve a set of customers …

In this paper, the vehicle routing problem with fuzzy demands (VRPFD) is considered, and a
fuzzy chance constrained program model is designed, based on fuzzy credibility theory …

Providing a greenhouse gas emissions perspective based on the characteristics of
perishable products has made the cold chain an important topic. This paper develops a …