A bakery delivers daily to five large retail stores in a defined territory. The driver for the
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Note that because of one-way streets and detours, the travel times are slightly different, depending on the direction (asymmetrical).
a. What is the best routing sequence for the delivery truck?
b. If loading or unloading times are significant, how might they be included in the analysis?
c. Retail store 3 is located in such a densely populated urban area that the travel times to and from this point may increase by as much as 50 percent, depending on the time of day. Travel times for the other points remain relatively unchanged. Would the solution in part (a) be sensitive to such variations?
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ISBN: 978-0130661845
5th edition
Authors: Ronald H. Ballou
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