In the last decade, there has been an increasing body of research in dynamic vehicle routing problems. This article surveys the subclass of those problems called dynamic pickup and delivery problems, in which objects or people have to be collected and delivered in real-time. It discusses some...

The purpose of this article is to propose a tabu search heuristic for the split delivery Vehicle Routing Problem with Production and Demand Calendars (VRPPDC). This new problem consists of determining which customers will be served by a common carrier, as well as the delivery routes for those...

The dynamic pickup and delivery problem with time windows arises in courier companies making same-day pickup and delivery of letters and small parcels. In this problem solution quality is affected by the way waiting time is distributed along vehicle routes. This article defines and compares four...