Optimizing real-life freight-distribution problems

2014 
Real-life freight-distribution problems present high degrees of complexity mostly derived from needing to respect a variety of constraints and addressing complex objective functions in which different factors are taken into account. The aim of this article is to point out relevant issues arising in real-life freight-distribution problems and to describe still-open issues and gaps between models and real-life applications. Furthermore, a real-life vehicle-routing problem is presented and a real instance related to regional freight distribution in Piedmont (northwest Italy) is solved by a fast heuristic method. The extreme portability of this method is then discussed.
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