Methodology to Solve the Combination of the Generalized Assignment Problem and the Vehicle Routing Problem: A Case Study in Drug and Medical Instrument Sales and Service
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vehicle routing problem; assignment problem; differential evolution algorithm; local search; insertion; drug and medical instrument sales and service;All these keywords.
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