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Industrial Aspects and Literature Survey: Fleet Composition and Routing

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe industrial aspects of combined fleet composition and routing in maritime and road-based transportation, and to present the current status of research in the form of a comprehensive literature review. With a backdrop of industrial aspects, a categorized survey of relevant literature since the first published papers in the 1950’s is given. First, the literature review discusses some early seminal and application-oriented papers, presents a classification of problems, and then focuses on a basic definition of combined fleet composition and routing: the fleet size and mix vehicle routing problem. Three basic mathematical formulations from the literature are presented and compared. Further, the literature of extended and related problems is described and categorized. Surveys of application oriented research in road-based and maritime transportation conclude the review. Finally, we contrast the literature with aspects of industrial applications from a critical, but constructive stance. Major issues for future work are suggested.

Oppdragsgiver: Research Council of Norway
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Category

Report

Client

  • SINTEF AS / 90A30401

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Arild Hoff
  • Henrik Andersson
  • Marielle Christiansen
  • Geir Hasle
  • Arne Løkketangen

Affiliation

  • Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • SINTEF Digital / Mathematics and Cybernetics

Year

2008

Publisher

SINTEF

Issue

A7029

ISBN

9788214043976

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