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A review of recent advances in time-dependent vehicle routing

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  • Adamo, Tommaso
  • Gendreau, Michel
  • Ghiani, Gianpaolo
  • Guerriero, Emanuela

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In late 2015 three of the co-authors of this paper published the first review on time-dependent routing problems. Since then, there have been several important algorithmic developments in the field. These include travel time prediction methods, real-time re-optimization by operating directly on the road graph, efficient exploration of solution neighborhoods, dynamic discretization discovery and Machine Learning-inspired methods. The aim of this survey is to present such research lines, together with indications on their further developments.

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  • Adamo, Tommaso & Gendreau, Michel & Ghiani, Gianpaolo & Guerriero, Emanuela, 2024. "A review of recent advances in time-dependent vehicle routing," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 319(1), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:319:y:2024:i:1:p:1-15
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2024.06.016
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