| Article ID: | iaor2003970 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 53 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 512 |
| End Page Number: | 522 |
| Publication Date: | May 2002 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Laporte Gilbert, Potvin J.-Y., Gendreau M., Cordeau J.-F., Semet F. |
| Keywords: | heuristics |
Several of the most important classical and modern heuristics for the vehicle routing problem are summarized and compared using four criteria: accuracy, speed, simplicity and flexibility. Computational results are reported.