The practical relevance and challenging nature of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) have
motivated the Operations Research community to consider different practical requirements …

In this paper, a problem arising from a real-world healthcare application is addressed,
dealing with the transportation of biological samples from blood draw centers to a main …

This paper proposes an iterative matheuristic for solving the biomedical sample
transportation problem (BSTP), which is a routing problem with multiple and interdependent …

In this article we propose an iterative algorithm to address the optimization problem of
distributing a set of multiple highly perishable commodities in a healthcare network. In the …

Blood donations are crucial for the health system. We consider the problem of planning
blood donation services, where the donors are reached at home. The scope is to minimize …

In the label printing problem (LPP), a set of labels must be printed in specified quantities,
using n templates to be defined. Each template can accommodate a fixed number of printing …

In logistics, completion problems can arise in batching a group of distribution warehouses. It
is often preferable to group orders from different customers into a pick batch (cluster), where …

In this work, we introduce a generalisation of the Vehicle Routing Problem for a specific
application in the monitoring of a Water Distribution Network (WDN). In this problem, multiple …

This research addresses the class of attended home delivery and service problems, which
have been widely studied in the last two decades. In addition, The recent COVID-19 …