Practical aspects of the split delivery vehicle routing problem (SDVRP)

Autor: Marek Karkula
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: WUT Journal of Transportation Engineering. 120:155-166
ISSN: 1230-9265
DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0014.4769
Popis: Transport process arrangement and delivery route planning is one of the most important tasks of managers in distribution, trade and production enterprises. The problem of route planning concerns the rationalization of product distribution processes offered by company for the customer's network. In operational research, such a problem is included in the class of issues of Vehicle Routing Problem – VRP. The VRP delivery planning problems constitute a wide family of issues arising primarily from the conditions and constraints of the practice. The paper presents the practical application of one of the VRP variants – the problem of arranging routes for the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem – SDVRP, and the results of analyses based on research carried out in a distribution company.
Databáze: OpenAIRE