 
                                                                                | 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.