Perspective on practical aspects of truck routing and scheduling
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Authors
Ronen, David
Subjects
vehicle routing
vehicle scheduling
man-machine systems
vehicle scheduling
man-machine systems
Advisors
Date of Issue
1987-04
Date
1987-04
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Truck routing and scheduling problems are differentiated from other vehicle routing and scheduling problems and a classification scheme for the former ones is outlined. Many characteristics of practical truck routing and scheduling problems are listed and several aspects are discussed, among them are: soft constraints, demand variability, multiple objectives, complex cost functions, and alternate solution approaches and their potential for solving practical problems. It is suggested that cost-based interactive heuristics coupled with graphical presentation of solutions may be the right method to deal with the more complex practical problems. Some basic generic heuristics are suggested and important software design and acquisition considerations are presented. Keywords: Vehicle routing, vehicle scheduling; man-machine systems
Type
Technical Report
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Department
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS55-87-003
Sponsors
The work reported herein was supported in part by the Foundation
Research Program of the Naval Postgraduate School with funds provided by
the Chief of Naval Research.
Funder
N0001487WR4E0H
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Citation
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.