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This paper considers the problem of Vehicle Routing Problem with stochastic demands and simultaneous delivery and pickup. An effective algorithm based on cross-entropy is designed to solve the model. The cross-entropy method is a new generic approach to combinatorial and multi-extremal optimization and rare event simulation. Numerical experiments have been conducted and the results indicate that the method can effectively solve this problem.
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Wang, C., Qiu, Y. (2011). Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands and Simultaneous Delivery and Pickup Based on the Cross-Entropy Method. In: Lee, G. (eds) Advances in Automation and Robotics, Vol. 2. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 123. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25646-2_7
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