The design of distribution systems raises hard combinatorial optimization problems. For
instance, facility location problems must be solved at the strategic decision level to place …

This is a review of the literature on variants and extensions of the standard location-routing
problem published since the last survey, by Nagy and Salhi, appeared in 2006. We propose …

Increasing environmental, legislative, and social concerns are forcing companies to take a
fresh view of the impact of supply chain operations on environment and society when …

The high efficiency, flexibility and low cost of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) present
huge application opportunities in various industries. Among those various applications, we …

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 …

In this paper, we propose an adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the Two-
Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem (2E-VRP) and the Location Routing Problem (LRP). The …

Sustainable supply chain management is a topical area which is continuing to grow and
evolve. Within supply chains, downstream distribution from producers to customers plays a …

Disasters such as fires, earthquakes, and floods cause severe casualties and enormous
economic losses. One effective method to reduce these losses is to construct a disaster relief …

This study proposes the Hybrid Vehicle Routing Problem (HVRP), which is an extension of
the Green Vehicle Routing Problem (G-VRP). We focus on vehicles that use a hybrid power …

A new variant of the two-echelon routing problem is investigated, where the truck and the
drone are used to cooperatively complete the deliveries of all parcels. The truck not only acts …