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Rich Vehicle Routing Problem: Survey

Authors:

Jose Caceres-Cruz,

Daniel Guimarans,

Angel A. JuanAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Volume 47, Issue 2

Article No.: 32, Pages 1 - 28

https://doi.org/10.1145/2666003

Published: 19 December 2014 Publication History

Abstract

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a well-known research line in the optimization research community. Its different basic variants have been widely explored in the literature. Even though it has been studied for years, the research around it is still very active. The new tendency is mainly focused on applying this study case to real-life problems. Due to this trend, the Rich VRP arises: combining multiple constraints for tackling realistic problems. Nowadays, some studies have considered specific combinations of real-life constraints to define the emerging Rich VRP scopes. This work surveys the state of the art in the field, summarizing problem combinations, constraints defined, and approaches found.

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ACM Computing Surveys Volume 47, Issue 2

January 2015

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ISSN:0360-0300

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DOI:10.1145/2658850

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Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering/University of Florida/Gainesville

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Published: 19 December 2014

Accepted: 01 August 2014

Revised: 01 August 2014

Received: 01 November 2013

Published in CSUR Volume 47, Issue 2

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