A decision-support tool for a capacitated location-routing problem

In this paper we present a decision-support tool (DST) that implements a capacitated location-routing problem (CLRP) with two levels (depots and customers) and a capacitated and homogeneous vehicle fleet. It allows the exploration of the solution finding process in a way easily understandable by the user, and enables access to online geographic data through web map servers (WMS). This tool was developed for Windows platforms having an architecture that easily allows the integration of new functionality.