| Article ID: | iaor1997570 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 290 |
| End Page Number: | 306 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
| Journal: | INFOR |
| Authors: | Laporte Gilbert, Carter Michael, Farvolden Judith, Xu Jiefeng |
| Keywords: | inventory, heuristics, lagrange multipliers |
A complex allocation-routing problem arising in grocery distribution is described. It is solved by means of a heuristic that alternates between these two components. Tests on real and artificial data confirm the efficiency and the robustness of the proposed approach.