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Survey on Thirty Years of Vehicle Routing Problems: Mathematical Models, Solution Methods, and Real-Life Applications

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  • D. G. N. D. Jayarathna

    (Department of Scientific Computing, Faculty of Computing, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.)

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In recent years, warehouse management concerns have become a major focus in logistics management research, and they have been widely used in studying transportation and logistics distribution networks. The purpose of this work is to undertake a Carrying out a comprehensive analytical literature survey of past twenty years on Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP). VRP is a well-studied combinatorial optimization problem in operations research and computer science. The VRP can be classified as Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP), Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW), Vehicle Routing Problem with Multi-Depot (MDVRP), and their variants. Further discussions have taken place in the fields of VRP classification, summarization of common VRP constraints, and the model method created in recent years. Finally, the future model implications of VRP are being investigated, and it is expected that the Intelligent Vehicle Routing Problem and Intelligent Heuristic Algorithm will be major areas of future research.

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  • D. G. N. D. Jayarathna, 2024. "Survey on Thirty Years of Vehicle Routing Problems: Mathematical Models, Solution Methods, and Real-Life Applications," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 11(7), pages 435-449, July.
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