Most publications of the Vehicle Routing Problem only cover the tip of the iceberg.
Benchmarks and academic papers typically only handle vehicle capacity (CVRP) and time windows (VRPTW)
But production deployments also need to deal with many other requirements.
How to minimize driver costs for the Vehicle Routing Problem.
In this video, I cover dealing with a mixed fleet of employees and contractors. As well as overtime costs.
How to handle Employee (un)availability in automated Shift Rostering.
It's not as simple as it looks!
Geoffrey De Smet