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| Author: | Swihart, M. Papastavrou, J. |
| Title: | A stochastic and dynamic model for the single-vehicle pick-up and delivery problem |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research
1999 : MAY 1, VOL. 114:3, p. 447-464 |
| Index terms: | OPERATIONAL RESEARCH DYNAMIC MODELS DELIVERY SERVICES INDUSTRY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In this paper a stochastic and dynamic model for the Pick-up and Delivery Problem is developed and analyzed. Demands for service arrive according to a Poisson process in time. The pick-up locations of the demands are independent and uniformly distributed over a service region. A single vehicle must transport the demands from the pick-up to the delivery location. Once a demand has been picked up it can only be dropped off at its desired delivery location. |
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