Pro-active Dynamic Vehicle Routing Real-Time Control and Request-For
This book deals with transportation processes denoted as the Real-time Distribution of Perishable Goods (RDOPG). The book presents three contributions that are made to the field of transportation. First, a model considering the minimization of customer in
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Francesco Ferrucci
Pro-active Dynamic Vehicle Routing Real-Time Control and Request-Forecasting Approaches to Improve Customer Service
Francesco Ferrucci WINFOR–Business Computing and Operations Research University of Wuppertal Wuppertal, Germany
Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://extras.springer.com. ISSN 1431-1941 Contributions to Management Science ISBN 978-3-642-33471-9 ISBN 978-3-642-33472-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33472-6 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013932351 Keywords: Perishable goods, Dynamic vehicle routing, Real-time control, Request forecasting, Stochastic knowledge, Past request information, Tabu Search, Request data quality © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Physica-Verlag is a brand of Springer Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Foreword
Obtaining timely transportation processes is increasingly becoming a crucial factor in modern supply chains. By implementing nearly bufferless processes, production systems strongly depend on a tim
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