A literature review on the vehicle routing problem with multiple depots

JR Montoya-Torres, JL Franco, SN Isaza… - Computers & Industrial …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a state-of-the-art survey on the vehicle routing problem with
multiple depots (MDVRP). Our review considered papers published between 1988 and …

Workload equity in vehicle routing problems: A survey and analysis

P Matl, RF Hartl, T Vidal - Transportation Science, 2018 - pubsonline.informs.org
Over the past two decades, equity aspects have been considered in a growing number of
models and methods for vehicle routing problems (VRPs). Equity concerns most often relate …

Memetic search for the minmax multiple traveling salesman problem with single and multiple depots

P He, JK Hao - European Journal of Operational Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The minmax multiple traveling salesman problem with single depot (the minmax mTSP) or
multiple depots (the minmax multidepot mTSP) aims to minimize the longest tour among a …

An ant colony optimization technique for solving min–max multi-depot vehicle routing problem

KV Narasimha, E Kivelevitch, B Sharma… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem (MDVRP) involves minimizing the total
distance traveled by vehicles originating from multiple depots so that the vehicles together …

Solving vehicle routing problem by using improved K-nearest neighbor algorithm for best solution

MA Mohammed, MK Abd Ghani, RI Hamed… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Vehicle routing problem (VRP) is one of the many difficult issues that have no
perfect solutions yet. Many researchers over the last few decades have established …

MUI-TARE: Cooperative multi-agent exploration with unknown initial position

J Yan, X Lin, Z Ren, S Zhao, J Yu, C Cao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-agent exploration of a bounded 3D environment with the unknown initial poses of
agents is a challenging problem. It requires both quickly exploring the environments and …

The close–open mixed multi depot vehicle routing problem considering internal and external fleet of vehicles

A Azadeh, H Farrokhi-Asl - Transportation Letters, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Distribution of finished goods from depots to predetermined customers and collection of
goods and wastes are practical and challengeable optimization and logistics problems; …

Fulfilment of last-mile urban logistics for sustainable and inclusive smart cities: a case study conducted in Portugal

D Correia, C Vagos, JL Marques… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While industry tends towards mass personalisation and instant deliveries, the last mile of
urban logistics is being challenged to decrease the number of vehicles in circulation and the …

Distributed algorithms for environment partitioning in mobile robotic networks

M Pavone, A Arsie, E Frazzoli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A widely applied strategy for workload sharing is to equalize the workload assigned to each
resource. In mobile multiagent systems, this principle directly leads to equitable partitioning …

Dpn: Decoupling partition and navigation for neural solvers of min-max vehicle routing problems

Z Zheng, S Yao, Z Wang, X Tong, M Yuan… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The min-max vehicle routing problem (min-max VRP) traverses all given customers by
assigning several routes and aims to minimize the length of the longest route. Recently …