Design of a two-echelon freight distribution system in last-mile logistics considering covering locations and occasional drivers

• Main Authors: YU, Vincent F., JODIAWAN, Panca, HOU, Ming-Lu, GUNAWAN, Aldy
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Two-echelon vehicle routing; City logistics; Covering location; Occasional driver; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6405; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7408/viewcontent/Design_2EFDS_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This research addresses a new variant of the vehicle routing problem, called the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with time windows, covering options, and occasional drivers (2E-VRPTW-CO-OD). In this problem, two types of fleets are available to serve customers, city freighters and occasional dri...