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This research aims to enhance the vehicle routing problem by incorporating precedence constraints and a metaheuristic solution.

December 20, 2025International Transactions in Operational ResearchOpen Access

A formulation and a metaheuristic approach for the clustered vehicle routing problem with d ‐relaxed priority rule

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ETEduardo dos Santos Teixeira SASilvio Alexandre de AraújoUniversidade Paulista

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This paper demonstrates a metaheuristic approach improving feasible solutions of the vehicle routing problem, suggesting benefits for humanitarian logistics applications.

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This research aims to enhance the vehicle routing problem by incorporating precedence constraints and a metaheuristic solution.
Developed a new mathematical formulation for the vehicle routing problem.
Proposed a metaheuristic approach for solving larger instances efficiently.
Conducted computational experiments comparing both methods for performance.
The mathematical model found feasible solutions for small instances without proving optimality.
The metaheuristic approach provided feasible solutions for larger instances in significantly less time.

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Teixeira et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6945e9325151ab1219e4d7af https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70143

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This paper demonstrates a metaheuristic approach improving feasible solutions of the vehicle routing problem, suggesting benefits for humanitarian logistics applications.

A formulation and a metaheuristic approach for the clustered vehicle routing problem with d ‐relaxed priority rule

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A formulation and a metaheuristic approach for the clustered vehicle routing problem with d ‐relaxed priority rule

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