Speeding up the solution process for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows using structural information

Jesper Larsen

AbstractTwo ideas for using structural information for solving the Vehicle
Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) is presented. The VRPTW is
a generalization of the well known capacity constrained Vehicle
Routing Problem (VRP). Both techniques are based on solving the
VRPTW using a Branch-and-Price approach. They reveal a huge
potential for using structural information when speeding up an
exact approach without compromising optimality.
TypeTechnical report
Year2002    Month June
PublisherInformatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DTU
AddressRichard Petersens Plads, Building 321, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
ISBN / ISSN9
Electronic version(s)[ps]
BibTeX data [bibtex]
IMM Group(s)Operations Research