The inventory-routing problem (IRP) dates back 30 years. It can be described as the
combination of vehicle-routing and inventory management problems, in which a supplier …

While methods for optimization under uncertainty have been studied intensely over the past
decades, the explicit consideration of the interplay between uncertainty and time has gained …

We review research on ship routing and scheduling and related problems during the new
millennium and provide four basic models in this domain. The volume of research in this …

In this paper, we survey the literature on matheuristics proposed to solve vehicle routing
problems. A matheuristic makes use of mathematical programming models in a heuristic …

Even as global economies shift away from a fossil-based energy mix to renewables, in many
countries, the share of natural gas (NG) in their energy baskets is increasing. As the cleaner …

When planning ship** routes, it is common to use a sequential approach where it is first
assumed that each ship sails with a given service speed, and then later during the execution …

A rolling-horizon algorithm is proposed for optimizing the operating schedule of a given
cogeneration energy system while taking into account time-variable loads, tariffs and …

This book is dedicated to metaheuristics as applied to vehicle routing problems. Several
implementations are given as illustrative examples, along with applications to several typical …

Salt cavern gas storage (SCGS) is a mature energy storage method that is applied around
the world. Insoluble sediment particle (ISP) accumulated at the bottom of the salt cavern …

Abstract The Maritime Inventory Routing Problem (MIRP) has gained attention in
combinatorial optimization in the last decades. The problem has several variations, mostly …