A review of the solution approaches used in recent G-VRP (Green Vehicle Routing Problem)

Abstract

Road transport is a major contributor to CO₂ emission and considerable research has been done to reduce the emission through planning efficient vehicle routing since it became a concern for the environment. This paper provides a brief review of solution approaches used in green vehicle routing problems (G-VRP). Since the G-VRP has received recent attention and there are a couple of review papers that address, in general, a summary of the G-VRP, this paper will focus on solution approaches for papers related to G-VRP which were published after 2000.

Keywords:

• G-VRP
• solution approaches

Acknowledgement

Thanks to Rene Arseneault in English Department for his help in proof reading and correcting of this paper.

This work was supported by C-ITRC Support Program (H0401-14-1021), Development of KULAV (Korean Unmanned Logistical Air Vehicle) Based Tactical Logistics Convergence System funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP, Republic of Korea). The authors also thank to the anonymous reviewers for valuable comments.