DRIVE, DYNAMIC ROUTING OF INDEPENDENT VEHICLES

This paper presents DRIVE (dynamic routing of independent vehicles), a planning module that is included in a decision support system for a freight delivery trucking company. DRIVE features a branch-and-price algorithm with is described in the paper. Delivery speed and quality are maintained using optimization techniques and a column management scheme. Results from using DRIVE in a simulated dynamic planning environment are reported.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1998
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Savelsbergh, M
  • Sol, M
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 474-490
• Serial:
  • Operations research. Vol. 46, no. 4
  • Publisher: University of Georgia, Experiment

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer algorithms; Decision support systems; Logistics; Routing; Trucking
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791753
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: May 5 2000 12:00AM