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Reduction and Solution of Large Scale Vehicle Routing Problems

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  • Clifford Orloff

    (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey)

  • David Caprera

    (Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey)

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This paper discusses the General Routing Problem approach to solving large scale routing problems. The General Routing Problem on network G = ( N ; A ) requires finding the minimum cost cycle that visits every node in subset Q (subseteq) N and that traverses every arc in a subset R (subseteq) A . Utilizing special problem characteristics and the structure of real transportation networks, large reduction in effective problem size and complexity can often be made. This permits a very effective heuristic to produce optimum and near optimum solutions quickly.

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  • Clifford Orloff & David Caprera, 1976. "Reduction and Solution of Large Scale Vehicle Routing Problems," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 10(4), pages 361-373, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:10:y:1976:i:4:p:361-373
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.10.4.361
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    1. M Blais & G Laporte, 2003. "Exact solution of the generalized routing problem through graph transformations," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 54(8), pages 906-910, August.

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