Location-Routing and Location-Arc Routing

Abstract

This chapter overviews the most relevant contributions on location-routing problems. Although there exist many different models where location and routing decisions must be made in an integrated way, the chapter focuses on the so-called classical location-routing problems without entering into the details of other related problems that might be included in the location-routing area from a more general point of view. Reflecting the imbalance in the existing literature and available approaches, the case of problems with node routing is treated in detail throughout the chapter, while results concerning arc routing problems are concentrated in a single section.