Validating vehicle routing zone construction using Monte Carlo simulation

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2010.01.045MaRDI QIDQ976400zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jonathan F. Bard, Ahmad I. Jarrah, Jing Zan

Publication date 11 June 2010

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.01.045

zbMATH Keywords

clustering analysisMonte Carlo simulationpickup and delivery operationstraveling salesman problemvehicle routing zones

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Programming involving graphs or networks (90C35)

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Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• VRP
• SPSS
• Concorde
• AS 136

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