Business Applications of Operations Research

CHAPTER 12

Single Delivery Truck Routing

Let us consider a distribution center at A that has to send a truck daily with refills to retail centers located in nine neighbouring towns B, C, D, …, J. The road map connecting the 10 towns is shown in Figure 12.1.

Figure 12.1

Table 12.1

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
A	–	20	30	10	40	–	–	15	25	–
B	20	–	35	–	15	20	25	–	–	10
C	30	35	–	12	18	–	32	22	28	16
D	10	–	12	–	17	20	–	24	32	28
E	40	15	18	17	–	13	19	12	21	34
F	–	20	–	20	13	–	15	30	25	22
G	–	25	32	–	19	15	–	18	12	17
H	15	–	22	24	12	30	18	–	22	27
I	25	–	28	32	21	25	12	22	–	32
J	–	10	16	28	34	22	17	27	32	–

The distances (in miles) between ...