OPTIMIZATION OF VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS - Softcover

ACHAKU, David Terna

 
9783659973697: OPTIMIZATION OF VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3659973696 ISBN 13: 9783659973697
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Transporting parcels is an acute problem for the Postal delivery system. It accounts for about forty-five percent of all expenses other than personnel within the Postal System. The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is the problem of finding the optimal routes of delivery or collection from one or several depots to a number of warehouses or customers. In this study, the Nigerian Postal Services mail delivery service was modeled as a VRP using the Abuja Post Office as a case study in order to address the problem of delay in mail delivery occurring frequently in the Nigerian Postal Services. The model developed optimal transportation routes and it is believed that this will find a new way of reducing mail delivery time and at a cheaper transportation cost. The solution entails formulating and solving it as a distance constrained problem (DVRP), formulating and analyzing a Distance-constrained and capacitated Vehicle routing problem (DCVRP). Next, optimal routes were developed for the vehicle routing problem with time windows, (VRPTW), developing and analyzing the optimal routes for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with time windows.

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3659973696
ISBN 13 
9783659973697
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96