Vehicle Routing Schedule
Vehicle Routing Schedule problems involve delivering goods to customers with vehicles that have limited capacity. You need to calculate the minimum number of vehicles needed to serve all customers.
What You'll Learn
Introduction to Vehicle Routing Schedule
Vehicle Routing Schedule problems involve delivering goods to customers with vehicles that have limited capacity. You need to calculate the minimum number of vehicles needed to serve all customers.
Prerequisites
How to Solve Vehicle Routing Schedule Problems
Step 1: Calculate total demand = sum of all customer demands
Step 2: Note vehicle capacity
Step 3: Minimum vehicles = ceil(total_demand / vehicle_capacity)
Step 4: Answer with number of vehicles
Example Problem
Example: Demands: 5, 3, 7, 2, 4, 6 units. Vehicle capacity 10 units. Minimum vehicles? Solution: Step 1: Total demand = 5+3+7+2+4+6 = 27 Step 2: Vehicles = ceil(27/10) = ceil(2.7) = 3 Answer: 3 vehicles
Pro Tips & Tricks
- Minimum vehicles = ⌈total demand / capacity⌉
- This is a lower bound (actual may be higher due to routing constraints)
- If any customer demand > capacity, impossible with that vehicle
- For identical vehicles, capacity is same
Shortcut Methods to Solve Faster
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Practice Worksheets
Practice makes perfect! Work through these worksheets to master Vehicle Routing Schedule. Each worksheet contains 20 questions with detailed explanations. Start from Worksheet 1 and progress through increasing difficulty levels.
Exam Importance
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