A Collection of Literature Review on Vehicle Routing Problem and Reflections

Abstract

As a variation of vehicle routing problem whose objective is to determine the subset of nodes to be visited, and the order in which they should be visited, in order to maximize the profit collected within a given time, team orienteering problem has received a lot of attention in the last decades. With the growing interest in the logistics community in using electric vehicles as an alternative to conventional fuel vehicles, academic research on electric vehicle problem is increasing. However, there is still a paucity of research on the use of electric vehicles in team orienteering problem. This paper reviews the existing literature on electric vehicle routing problems and team orienteering problems to identify the feasibility of innovations that propose the use of electric vehicles to replace conventional fuel vehicles in team orienteering problems to complete deliveries, and briefly outlines future research plans.