This paper surveys the research on evolutionary algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem
with Time Windows (VRPTW). The VRPTW can be described as the problem of designing …

This paper is a survey of the literature on applications of evolutionary algorithms for vehicle
routing problems. It reports on genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, and particle swarm …

This article presents a survey of genetic algorithms that are designed for solving multi depot
vehicle routing problem. In this context, most of the articles focus on different genetic …

Abstract Context The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) has numerous applications in real life.
It clarifies in a wide area of transportation and distribution such as transportation of …

Solving complex optimization problems with parallel metaheuristics Parallel Metaheuristics
brings together an international group of experts in parallelism and metaheuristics to provide …

This paper proposes a formulation of the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup
and delivery (VRPSPD) and a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for solving it. The …

Metaheuristic algorithms have been investigated intensively to address highly complex
combinatorial optimization problems. However, most metaheuristic algorithms have been …

This paper presents a new model and solution for multi-objective vehicle routing problem
with time windows (VRPTW) using goal programming and genetic algorithm that in which …

This paper presents a parallel approach for solving the Vehicle Routing Problem with
Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery (VRPSPD). The parallel algorithm is embedded with a …

This paper introduces a parallel iterated tabu search heuristic for solving four different
routing problems: the classical vehicle routing problem (VRP), the periodic VRP, the multi …