The vehicle routing problem: Latest advances and new challenges

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Optimization approaches for civil applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aerial drones: A survey (2018, background): “Some features of drones, such as the limited payload or the limited flight time, have already been extensively studied in research on capacitated vehicle routing and vehicle routing in the presence of refueling depots [94].”
Static repositioning in a bike-sharing system: models and solution approaches (2013, background): “For a recent survey on IRP, see Bertazzi et al. (2008).”
A hybrid genetic algorithm with adaptive diversity management for a large class of vehicle routing problems with time-windows (2013, background): “These settings are linked with numerous practical applications including logistics, goods transportation, refuse collection, maintenance operations, and relief supply (see Golden et al. 2008, for a large variety of application cases).”
The vehicle routing problem with drones: several worst-case results (2016, background): “The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a well-studied problem [6,10].”
Integer and Combinatorial Optimization (2013, background): “The well-known vehicle routing problem is a generalization in which multiple vehicles must each follow optimal routes subject to capacity constraints in order to jointly service a set of customers (Golden et al., 2010).”