Synchronisation in vehicle routing: Classification schema, modelling framework and literature review

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2024

Authors

Soares, R (Author) FEUP; Marques, A (Author) Other; Pedro Amorim (Author) FEUP; Parragh, SN (Author) Other

Journal

Title: European Journal of Operational Research

Vol. 313

Pages: 817-840

ISSN: 0377-2217

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-6ZR

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.04.007

Abstract (EN): The practical relevance and challenging nature of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) have motivated the Operations Research community to consider different practical requirements and problem variants throughout the years. However, businesses still face increasingly specific and complex transportation re-quirements that need to be tackled, one of them being synchronisation. No literature contextualises syn-chronisation among other types of problem aspects of the VRP, increasing ambiguity in the nomenclature used by the community. The contributions of this paper originate from a literature review and are three-fold. First, new conceptual and classification schemas are proposed to analyse literature and re-organise different interdependencies that arise in routing decisions. Secondly, a modelling framework is presented based on the proposed schemas. Finally, an extensive literature review identifies future research gaps and opportunities in the field of VRPs with synchronisation.(c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 24