Orienteering Problems Models and Algorithms for Vehicle Routing Problems with Profits /

• Main Authors: Vansteenwegen, Pieter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gunawan, Aldy (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: EURO Advanced Tutorials on Operational Research,
• Subjects: Operations research.; Management science.; Business logistics.; Decision making.; Calculus of variations.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Logistics.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.

This tutorial introduces readers to several variants of routing problems with profits. In these routing problems each node has a certain profit, and not all nodes need to be visited. Since the orienteering problem (OP) is by far the most frequently studied problem in this category of routing problem...