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VeRoLog, EWG on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization
| Name | VeRoLog, EWG on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization |
|---|---|
| Announcement | To become a member of EWG VeRoLog register online through the website http://www.verolog.eu/ Any communication to working group should be directed to ewg.verolog@gmail.com VeRoLog is also on Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3813204 The first VeRoLog conference will be held in Bologna (Italy), June 18-20, 2012 (www.verolog2012.deis.unibo.it) |
| Website | http://www.verolog.eu/ |
| Newsletter | The group will send out regularly a newsletter informing the members of activities relevant to the group and with invitations to meetings. |
| Online newsletter | See the newsletters online at: http://verolog.deis.unibo.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=11&Itemid=78 |
| Board | Marielle Christiansen, University of Trondheim, Norway Angel Corberan, University of Valencia, Spain Wout Dullaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium Richard Eglese, University of Lancaster, U.K. Geir Hasle, SINTEF, Norway Stefan Irnich, University of Mainz, Germany Frederic Semet, University of Lille, France Maria Grazia Speranza, University of Brescia, Italy |
| Coordinator | Prof. Daniele Vigo daniele.vigo@unibo.it University of Bologna DEIS Via Venezia 52 47023 Cesena Italy Phone: +390512093029 Fax: +390512093073 Url: or.ingce.unibo.it |
| Purpose and history | Vehicle Routing optimization is a very active research area in Operations Research that sees a strong contribution from a large number of researchers working in European Universities, Research Centres and Companies. Vehicle Routing is at the core of Logistics and Supply Chain Management as well as people Transportation activities. Thus, the practical importance of optimization models and algorithms development for Vehicle Routing is evident from the impact of transportation in the modern world, both from an economic and environmental point of view. The field is not only related to terrestrial transportation by means of vans and trucks, but also to other modes of transport such as rail, naval and air transport and their interaction within intermodal networks. The scientific interest on the topic is great and large research efforts are devoted to the efficient and effective solution of routing problems, which still represent hard challenges, used as benchmarks for all novel optimization techniques. The scope of Vehicle Routing research is broadening constantly to incorporate more and more aspects of the real world Logistics optimization. The emerging trends consider indeed the integration of different relevant issues of the supply chain optimization, such as facility location in location-routing, network design in multi-echelon distribution optimization, inventory-routing, integrated vehicle and crew management, flow aggregation for truckload transportation, loading and handling issues, as well as service delivery just to mention few examples. Moreover, recently there has been an increasing interest into Green Logistics research aimed at incorporating emission reduction technologies within supply chain design. The vitality of the Vehicle Routing research community, and particularly of the European one, is witnessed by the constant and large presence of Vehicle Routing and Logistics related sessions and talks at all major OR conferences many of which are authored by European researchers. On the practical side a large number of companies are employing and developing logistics management tools that incorporate routing optimization algorithms. The purpose of this new EURO Working Group is to constitute an aggregation and reference point for the rich and active research community to advance the development and application of Operations Research methods, techniques and tools in the field of Vehicle Routing and Logistics. The Group’s meetings should encourage the exchange of information among practitioners, users, and researchers in the area of Vehicle Routing and Logistics, stimulating the work on new and important problems with sound scientific methods. Moreover its members and specific meetings/workshops will actively promote the interest on Vehicle Routing and Logistics in the most important scientific journals by proposing and editing special and contributed issues. Finally, the group will also facilitate the networking activities that are crucial for the proposition of successful international research and industrial projects. |
| Members | VeRoLog has more than 500 Members Members list available at http://verolog.deis.unibo.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=58 |
| Past activities | The working group has been created in February 2011 after being approuved by EURO. In the first year networking activities are started through the website (www.verolog.eu) and the first initiatives have been launched: 1) the VeRoLog Conference (www.verolog2012.deis.unibo.it) 2) the VeRoLog Doctoral Dissertation Prize |
| Future activities | The Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization will organize an annual meeting in Europe open to group members and scientists from all over the world with talks by researchers and practitioners. Meeting organization and structure will favour the large participation of group members and best submitted papers will be possibly collected into high quality volumes. The first VeRoLog conference will be held in Bologna (Italy), June 18-20, 2012 (www.verolog2012.deis.unibo.it) Some short workshop and schools/seminars on specific topics could also be organized. |
| Publications | A special issue on Vehicle Routing has been launched for the new European Journal on Transportation and Logistics |
| Last modification | 2011-12-05 |
