| Article ID: | iaor20061800 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 140 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 189 |
| End Page Number: | 213 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
| Authors: | Potvin Jean-Yves, Gendreau Michel |
| Keywords: | vehicle routing & scheduling, combinatorial analysis |
The emergence of metaheuristics for solving difficult combinatorial optimization problems is one of the most notable achievements of the last two decades in operations research. This paper provides an account of the most recent developments in the field and identifies some common issues and trends. Examples of applications are also reported for vehicle routing and scheduling problems.