Title
Multi-objective microzone-based vehicle routing for courier companies: From tactical to operational planning.
Abstract
•The zone based vehicle routing problem is modeled as a multi-objective problem.•A tactical plan is used as a starting point for creating an operational plan.•The order in which microzones are placed in the start solution is less important.•Combining microzones has a positive influence on the workload imbalance.•Exchanging microzones between drivers reduces the workload imbalance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.ejor.2014.09.026
European Journal of Operational Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
Metaheuristics,Variable neighborhood tabu search,Workload balancing,Multi-objective optimization,Vehicle routing,Courier companies
Operational planning,Vehicle routing problem,Mathematical optimization,Workload,Multi-objective optimization,Large numbers,Optimization problem,Operations management,Mathematics,Metaheuristic
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
242
1
0377-2217
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.43
16
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jochen Janssens1122.09
Joos Van den Bergh260.43
Kenneth Sörensen317519.42
Dirk Cattrysse430424.12