The Vehicle Routing Problem: Latest Advances and New Challenges

by Edward Wasil

Theoretical research and practical applications in the ?eld of vehicle routing started in 1959 with the truck dispatching problem posed by Dantzig and Ramser 1]: ?nd the ". . . optimum routing of a ?eet of gasoline delivery trucks between a bulk terminal and a large number of service stations supplied by the terminal. " Using a method based on a linear programming formulation, their hand calculations produced a near-optimal solution with four routes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387777776
• ISBN13: 9780387777771
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 591 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"