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Prof. Dr. Alex Rodríguez Villalobos

Solving vehicle routing problems with asymmetric costs and heterogeneous fleets

I have the pleasure to present another article: Solving vehicle routing problems with asymmetric costs and heterogeneous fleets Authors: Rosa Herrero; Alejandro Rodríguez; José Cáceres-Cruz; Angel A. Juan Journal: International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, 2014 Vol.6, No.1, pp.58 – 80 Abstract: The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a flourishing research area with clear applications to real-life distribution companies. However, most VRP-related academic articles assume the existence of a homogeneous fleet of vehicles and/or a symmetric cost matrix. These assumptions are not always reasonable in real-life scenarios. To contribute in closing this gap between theory and practice, we propose a hybrid […]