Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
External reference: https://openalex.org/T10567
- Joint pricing and matching lowered crowd-shipping delivery costs
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Drone-ground routing lowered delivery cost in Shenzhen tests Hybrid genetic algorithm solution for collaborative electric vehicle and drone routing with soft time windows, demonstrating cost reduction and improved delivery performance in urban parcel logistics.
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Driver overtime reduced routing costs in a flower delivery network Route-based MILP analysis shows explicit overtime inclusion and driver workload constraints yield 9.7%–36.4% cost reductions; overtime most benefits long-distance deliveries and cost vs distance.

