Cross-docking is a new warehousing policy in logistics which is widely used all over the world and attracts many researchers attention to study about in last decade. In the literature, economic aspects has been often studied, while one of the most significant factors for being successful in the...

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) has recently piqued the interest of researchers seeking to improve the efficiency and efficacy of the transportation system in distributing commodities. Many scholars have proposed using a heterogeneous fleet in vehicle routing to minimize distribution costs...