A literature review on the full trackload vehicle routing problems

This article presents a literature review of the full truckload vehicle routing problem (FTVRP). In this problem, each vehicle can serve only one order at a time; thereafter, the delivery must be completed before the next request. Our review has considered some papers published between 1983 and 2015 and their classification was based on two main areas: First, the issue discussed with encountered business constraints and the obvious applications in industry. Second, the solution methods, both exact and approached (heuristics and metaheuristics). Some lines for further works are presented as well. © 2016 IEEE.