| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4642004 | Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This paper is the first to discuss the communal home meal delivery problem. The problem can be modelled as a multiple travelling salesman problem with time windows, that is closely related to the well-studied vehicle routing problem with time windows. Experimental results are reported for a real-life case study from Central Finland over several alternative scenarios using the SPIDER commercial solver. The comparison with current practice reveals that a significant savings potential can be obtained using off-the-shelf optimization tools. As such, the potential for supporting real-life communal routing problems can be considered to be important for VRP practitioners.
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Authors
Olli Bräysy, Pentti Nakari, Wout Dullaert, Pekka Neittaanmäki,