Heuristic algorithms for a vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery and pickup and time windows in home health care
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Heuristic algorithms for a vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery and pickup and time windows in home health care
This paper addresses a vehicle scheduling problem encountered in home health care logistics. It concerns the delivery of drugs and medical devices from the home care company's pharmacy to patients' homes, delivery of special drugs from a hospital to patients, pickup of bio samples and unused drugs and medical devices from patients. The problem can be considered as a special vehicle routing prob...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Operational Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0377-2217
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.044