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Single Flow Routing Through a Network

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Supply Chain Engineering

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 161))

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After you have studied this chapter, you should:

  • Know the classification system for vehicle routing problems and algorithms.

  • For the class of single-flow routing problems you should know:

    • The characteristics of the base problem and various variants.

    • The mathematical formulation.

    • Dijkstra’s solution algorithm.

    • How to solve problems of modest size with a computer program.

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Goetschalckx, M. (2011). Single Flow Routing Through a Network. In: Supply Chain Engineering. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 161. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6512-7_6

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