Simulation-Optimization Methods in Vehicle Routing Problems: A Literature Review and an Example.
Angel A. JuanJavier FaulinElena Pérez-BernabeuOscar L. Domínguez RiveroPublished in: MS (2013)
Keyphrases
- optimization methods
- literature review
- vehicle routing problem
- simulated annealing
- metaheuristic
- optimization problems
- optimization method
- vehicle routing problem with time windows
- case study
- benchmark problems
- stochastic methods
- routing problem
- tabu search
- efficient optimization
- optimization approaches
- traveling salesman problem
- test instances
- solution quality
- combinatorial optimization
- current issues
- benchmark instances
- stage stochastic programs
- path relinking
- ant colony optimization
- optimization algorithm
- waste collection
- guided local search
- evolutionary algorithm