A bilevel programming model represents the relationship in a specific decision process that
involves decisions within a hierarchical structure of two levels. The upper-level problem is …

The production routing problem (PRP) combines the lot-sizing problem and the vehicle
routing problem, two classical problems that have been extensively studied for more than …

We propose an algorithmic framework that successfully addresses three vehicle routing
problems: the multidepot VRP, the periodic VRP, and the multidepot periodic VRP with …

The attributes of vehicle routing problems are additional characteristics or constraints that
aim to better take into account the specificities of real applications. The variants thus formed …

Memetic computation is a paradigm that uses the notion of meme (s) as units of information
encoded in computational representations for the purpose of problem-solving. It covers a …

This paper addresses a vehicle scheduling problem encountered in home health care
logistics. It concerns the delivery of drugs and medical devices from the home care …

Memetic Algorithms (MAs) are computational intelligence structures combining multiple and
various operators in order to address optimization problems. The combination and …

The term 'Memetic Algorithms'[74](MAs) was introduced in the late 80s to denote a family of
metaheuristics that have as central theme the hybridization of different algorithmic …

Urban tourism is a worldwide form of tourism and is one of the most important social and
economic impetus for urban development. The urban tourism market has been increasingly …

This paper studies an NP-hard multi-period production–distribution problem to minimize the
sum of three costs: production setups, inventories and distribution. This problem is solved by …