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Chapter 8
Vehicle Routing and
Scheduling with
Uncertainty
Ali Gul Qureshi
CONTENTS
8.1 Introduction 190
8.2 The Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem with Time
Windows 190
8.3 The Dynamic Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem with
Time Windows 193
8.3.1 Dynamic Customer 193
8.3.1.1 Degree of Dynamism 194
8.3.1.2 Representation of Dynamism 196
8.3.1.3 Diversion Issue and Waiting Policies 196
8.3.1.4 Rejection Policy 197
8.3.2 Dynamic Travel Time 197
8.3.3 Test Instances 199
8.3.4 Solution Approaches 200
8.3.4.1 Exact Optimization for the DVRPTW 201
8.3.4.2 Heuristics for the DVRPTW 203
8.4 The Stochastic Vehicle Routing Problem ...