Moderne computergestützte Informationssysteme zur Transportdisposition können einen signifikanten Beitrag zur dringend notwendigen Erschließung von Rationalisierungspotenzialen im Transportgewerbe leisten. Giselher Pankratz präsentiert ein Modell eines speditionellen Dispositionsproblems,...

For several decades research on intelligent techniques for decision-making has represented a particular challenge, originally taken up using modest hardware equipment, which we today would consider to be extremely weak. From earliest times onwards research which was concerned with the theory and...

Purpose – To propose and to evaluate a new genetic algorithm (GA) for solving the dynamic pickup and delivery problem with time windows (DPDPTW). Design/methodology/approach – First, a grouping genetic algorithm (GGA) for the (static) PDPTW is described. In order to solve the dynamic...