THE GENERAL PICKUP AND DELIVERY PROBLEM

In pickup and delivery problems, vehicles have to transport loads from origins to destinations without transshipment at intermediate locations. In this paper, the authors discuss several characteristics that distinguish them from standard vehicle routing problems and present a survey of the problem types and solution methods found in the literature.

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• Authors:
  • Savelsbergh, MWP
  • Sol, M
• Publication Date: 1995-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 17-29
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery service; Freight traffic; Origin and destination; Pickup trucks; Route choice
• Old TRIS Terms: Pickups
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00676989
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1995 12:00AM