The Vehicle Routing Problem and its many variants have been extensively studied over the years due to the various gains enabled by efficient route planning. However, many routing models consider cost minimization by focusing solely on factors such as distance traveled or the number of vehicles utilized, often neglecting other considerations that affect costs and disregarding the environmental...
The stochastic dynamic inventory-routing problem (SDIRP) integrates inventory management and vehicle routing under uncertainty, where customer demands are revealed progressively over time.
This research aims to provide new insights into resolving an SDIRP, focusing on a central warehouse that periodically distributes homogeneous goods to a set of geographically dispersed...
This study tackles the fleet composition problem for a transport operator facing uncertainties in energy prices, vehicle costs, and operational expenses over a defined planning horizon. With a limited budget, the decision-maker must choose among vehicle types—such as diesel with lower upfront costs but higher running expenses, and electric with the opposite profile.
To manage long-term cost...
