Article ID: | iaor20001380 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 59 |
Issue: | 1/3 |
Start Page Number: | 355 |
End Page Number: | 359 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1999 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
Authors: | Girlich Hans-Joachim, Deweb Gunter |
In this article we analyze a static urban transportation system illustrated with the problems facing the routing of a garbage-collecting fleet in the City of Leipzig taking ecological data into account. We use a conceptually straightforward approach to determine optimal routes characterized by a new stock point. We present numerical procedures and report experience with our software package.