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Vehicle routing: historical perspective and recent contributions

EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
DOI: 10.1007/s13676-013-0020-6
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The vehicle routing problem requires the design of least cost delivery routes through a set of geographically scattered customers and is one of the most widely studied combinatorial optimization problems. We briefly summarize the main historical achievements and review some recent important contributions in this vivid research area.

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Laporte, G., Toth, P., & Vigo, D. (2013, May 1). Vehicle routing: historical perspective and recent contributions. EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13676-013-0020-6

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