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Vehicle routing problems for city logistics

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  • Diego Cattaruzza

    (Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, CMP Georges Charpak
    INRIA Lille-Nord Europe)

  • Nabil Absi

    (Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, CMP Georges Charpak)

  • Dominique Feillet

    (Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and LIMOS UMR CNRS 6158, CMP Georges Charpak)

  • Jesús González-Feliu

    (PIESO, EVS UMR 5600, Institut Fayol, Ecole Des Mines de Saint-Etienne
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LET ISH)

Abstract

This paper surveys the vehicle routing problems met in cities for good distribution. It applies the following methodology. First, it gives an overview of the literature devoted to vehicle route optimization in cities. Then, it classifies and analyses urban logistic flows. As a result, it identifies the principal scientific challenges that need to be addressed: time-dependency, multi-level and multi-trip organization of the distribution, dynamic information. Finally, it focuses on each one of these challenges, analyses the main difficulties they imply and how they are treated in the literature.

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  • Diego Cattaruzza & Nabil Absi & Dominique Feillet & Jesús González-Feliu, 2017. "Vehicle routing problems for city logistics," EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, Springer;EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies, vol. 6(1), pages 51-79, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurjtl:v:6:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s13676-014-0074-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s13676-014-0074-0
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