[HTML][HTML] Two-echelon vehicle routing problems: A literature review

N Sluijk, AM Florio, J Kinable, N Dellaert… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the two-echelon vehicle routing problem (2E-VRP), the distribution network is split into two
echelons. Different vehicles are operated on the first and second echelon to maintain …

[HTML][HTML] Vehicle routing with cumulative objectives: A state of the art and analysis

K Corona-Gutiérrez, S Nucamendi-Guillén… - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decades, there has been an increasing body of research in vehicle routing
problems involving cumulative costs. These problems consider cumulative objective …

Reinforcement learning for solving the vehicle routing problem

M Nazari, A Oroojlooy, L Snyder… - Advances in neural …, 2018 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We present an end-to-end framework for solving the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) using
reinforcement learning. In this approach, we train a single policy model that finds near …

Planning robust drone-truck delivery routes under road traffic uncertainty

Y Yang, C Yan, Y Cao, R Roberti - European Journal of Operational …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we show the potential of a drone-truck logistics system to provide fast last-mile
delivery services. In the system, a truck and a drone work in tandem to serve customers …

Rbg: Hierarchically solving large-scale routing problems in logistic systems via reinforcement learning

Z Zong, H Wang, J Wang, M Zheng, Y Li - Proceedings of the 28th ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The large-scale vehicle routing problems (VRPs) are defined based on the classical VRPs
with thousands of customers. It is an important optimization problem in modern logistic …

Guidelines for the computational testing of machine learning approaches to vehicle routing problems

L Accorsi, A Lodi, D Vigo - Operations Research Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the extensive research efforts and the promising results obtained by the ML
community on Vehicle Routing Problems, most of the proposed techniques are still seldom …

Efficient feasibility checks and an adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for the time-dependent green vehicle routing problem with time windows

Y Liu, B Roberto, J Zhou, Y Yu, Y Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, reducing emissions has been important for mitigating global warming and
the effects of traffic congestion. As a variant of the green vehicle routing problem (GVRP), the …

A unified exact approach for a broad class of vehicle routing problems with simultaneous pickup and delivery

R Praxedes, T Bulhões, A Subramanian… - Computers & Operations …, 2024 - Elsevier
The vehicle routing problem (VRP) with simultaneous pickup and delivery (VRPSPD) is a
classical combinatorial optimization problem in which one aims at determining least-cost …

Operational Research: methods and applications

F Petropoulos, G Laporte, E Aktas… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

The impact of autonomous ships in regional waterways

W Wang, S Wang, L Zhen, G Laporte - Transportation Research Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Technological innovation has been resha** all walks of life, and the marine ship**
industry is no exception. Autonomous vessels have gained significant attention due to their …