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Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Changwei Miao
Chengdu University of Technology
2
Youfa Fu
University of Virginia
3
Shijie Zhao
Liaoning Technical University
4
Aymen Aloui
Laboratoire des technologies innovantes
5
Okan Dükkancı
Bilkent University
6
Hardi M. Mohammed
Kurdistan Regional Government
7
Bo Lin
University of Toronto
8
Stefan Voigt
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
9
Ece Yağmur
Konya Technical University
10
Karuna Panwar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Rising Stars Papers

1
Secretary bird optimization algorithm: a new metaheuristic for solving global optimization problems
Artificial Intelligence Review|2024
408 cit.
2
Enhanced Aquila optimizer based on tent chaotic mapping and new rules
Scientific Reports|2024
51 cit.
3
Boomerang aerodynamic ellipse optimizer: A human game-inspired optimization technique for numerical optimization and multilevel thresholding image segmentation
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation|2025
9 cit.
4
Joint vehicle and courier routing problem in last mile delivery with parcel lockers
Expert Systems with Applications|2025
7 cit.
5
Last mile delivery routing problem with some-day option
European Journal of Operational Research|2025
7 cit.
6
Augmented Harris hawks optimization and for engineering design problems and UAV path planning
International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics|2025
7 cit.
7
Optimizing cluster centroids with improved quadratic interpolation: an Adaptive K-means algorithm
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics|2025
6 cit.
8
VC-TpMO: V-dominance and staged dynamic collaboration mechanism based on two-population for muti- and many-objective optimization algorithm
Expert Systems with Applications|2024
5 cit.
9
DNS over HTTPS Tunneling Detection System Based on Selected Features via Ant Colony Optimization
Future Internet|2025
5 cit.
10
AutoLTS: Automating Cycling Stress Assessment via Contrastive Learning and Spatial Post-processing
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence|2024
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Xiangyang Guan
University of Washington
2
Maxim A. Dulebenets
Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering
3
Stefan Schwerdfeger
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
4
Fengming Tao
Chongqing University
5
Oliver Wendt
University of Potsdam
6
Jason J. Sauppe
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
7
Stefano Novellani
University of Bologna
8
Javier Panadero
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
9
Kevin Assogba
Rochester Institute of Technology
10
Ritwik Raj
University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Transformation and Linearization Techniques in Optimization: A State-of-the-Art Survey
Mathematics|2022
229 cit.
2
Exact and metaheuristic algorithms for the vehicle routing problem with a factory-in-a-box in multi-objective settings
Advanced Engineering Informatics|2022
202 cit.
3
Truck–drone hybrid routing problem with time-dependent road travel time
Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies|2022
177 cit.
4
The Drone Scheduling Problem: A Systematic State-of-the-Art Review
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems|2022
134 cit.
5
Internet of Things for sustainable railway transportation: Past, present, and future
Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain|2022
122 cit.
6
A Diffused Memetic Optimizer for reactive berth allocation and scheduling at marine container terminals in response to disruptions
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation|2023
114 cit.
7
Blockchain and AI technology convergence: Applications in transportation systems
Vehicular Communications|2022
100 cit.
8
The multiple traveling salesman problem in presence of drone- and robot-supported packet stations
European Journal of Operational Research|2022
89 cit.
9
Multi-objective collaborative agreements amongst shipping lines and marine terminal operators for sustainable and environmental-friendly ship schedule design
Journal of Cleaner Production|2022
78 cit.
10
Pricing and advertising decisions in a direct-sales closed-loop supply chain
Computers & Industrial Engineering|2022
75 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Gilbert Laporte
University of Bath
2
Jean‐Yves Potvin
Université de Montréal
3
Martin Savelsbergh
Georgia Institute of Technology
4
Paolo Toth
Technische Universität Braunschweig
5
M. Grazia Speranza
University of Brescia
6
Michel Gendreau
Polytechnique Montréal
7
Daniele Vigo
University of Bologna
8
Frédéric Semet
Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique Industrielles et Humaines
9
Richard F. Hartl
Vienna University of Economics and Business
10
David Pisinger
University of Copenhagen

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations
Journal of the Operational Research Society|1991
3.2k cit.
2
An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows
Transportation Science|2006
2.4k cit.
3
Metaheuristics in Combinatorial Optimization
Annals of Operations Research|2005
2.3k cit.
4
The vehicle routing problem: An overview of exact and approximate algorithms
European Journal of Operational Research|1992
1.7k cit.
5
A general heuristic for vehicle routing problems
Computers & Operations Research|2005
1.4k cit.
6
A Tabu Search Heuristic for the Vehicle Routing Problem
PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal)|1994
1.2k cit.
7
Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, Part I: Route Construction and Local Search Algorithms
Transportation Science|2005
1.1k cit.
8
The General Pickup and Delivery Problem
Transportation Science|1995
1k cit.
9
Fifty Years of Vehicle Routing
Transportation Science|2009
981 cit.
10
A Survey of the Maximum Principles for Optimal Control Problems with State Constraints
SIAM Review|1995
977 cit.

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