We study a vehicle routing problem that originates from a Nordic distribution company and includes the essential decision-making components of the company's logistics operations. The problem considers customer deliveries from a depot using heavy depot vehicles, swap bodies, optional switch...

In this paper, a novel message-passing algorithm, named AMP-R, based on belief propagation is proposed to solve the heterogeneous multi-depot vehicle routing problem (HMDVRP) in a distributed manner. Unlike traditional approaches, this is the first attempt to decentralize the solution process...

A recurring challenge for transportation companies is the inefficiency of returning (partially) empty vehicles, or backhauling, after delivering orders. To address this issue, companies search on freight exchange platforms for profitable pickup and delivery orders, aiming to reduce the costs...