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A heuristic method for solving reverse logistics vehicle routing problems with time windows

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  • Sally Kassem
  • Mingyuan Chen

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Vehicle routing problems with simultaneous pickup and delivery with time windows are studied in this paper. In a closed-loop logistics network, vehicles visiting customers for pickup and delivery may be only allowed for certain time intervals. A mixed integer programming model of the problem is presented. It has been known that solving vehicle routing problems with time windows is NP-hard. A heuristic solution procedure is developed to solve the problem. The proposed heuristic is tested on a number of numerical examples based on modified benchmark problems in the literature.

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  • Sally Kassem & Mingyuan Chen, 2012. "A heuristic method for solving reverse logistics vehicle routing problems with time windows," International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(2), pages 207-222.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisen:v:12:y:2012:i:2:p:207-222
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