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A Tabu Search Heuristic for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Soft Time Windows

Éric Taillard
Éric Taillard
Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Corso Elvezia 36, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland
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Philippe Badeau
Philippe Badeau
Centre Universitaire des Sciences et Techniques, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand II, Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, 63174 Aubière Cedex, France
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Michel Gendreau
Michel Gendreau
Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada and Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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François Guertin
François Guertin
Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada and Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Jean-Yves Potvin
Jean-Yves Potvin
Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada and Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Corso Elvezia 36, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland

Centre Universitaire des Sciences et Techniques, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand II, Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, 63174 Aubière Cedex, France

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Michel Gendreau

Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada and Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada

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François Guertin

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Jean-Yves Potvin

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Published Online:1 May 1997https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.31.2.170

This article is part of the Transportation Science Classics collection, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the journal.

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