Infrastrukturelle Engpässe und verschärfter Wettbewerb im Transportsektor zwingen die Transportunternehmen zur Effizienzsteigerung bei der Erstellung von Verkehrsleistungen. Nicht allein eine Optimierung der individuellen Auftragsdisposition, sondern erst ein unternehmensübergreifender...

Customers are making increasing demands on the flexibility and the promptness of transportation services. In order to meet these requirements, planning methods are needed which are able to intelligently react on dynamically revealed information. Algorithms for dispatching transportation requests...

The Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows (PDPTW) is a generalization of the well studied Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW). Since it models several typical planning situations in operational transportation logistics and public transit, the PDPTW has attracted growing...