vehicle routing problem

combinatorial optimization problem about the optimal set of routes for a fleet of vehicles to traverse in order to deliver to a given set of customers
Thing computational_problem Q944041
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vehicle routing problem

Summary

vehicle routing problem is a computational problem[1]. It draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (computational_problem category, ranking #8 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • vehicle routing problem is credited with the discovery of George Bernard Dantzig[3].
  • vehicle routing problem's image is recorded as Vehicle Routing Problem Example.svg[4].
  • vehicle routing problem's instance of is recorded as computational problem[5].
  • vehicle routing problem's said to be the same as is recorded as Q124302861[6].
  • vehicle routing problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026dfdm[7].
  • vehicle routing problem's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://or.stackexchange.com/tags/vehicle-routing[8].
  • vehicle routing problem's Quora topic ID is recorded as Vehicle-Routing-Problem[9].
  • vehicle routing problem's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 15518-0[10].
  • vehicle routing problem's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as vehicleRouting[11].
  • vehicle routing problem's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as vrp[12].
  • vehicle routing problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 123784306[13].
  • vehicle routing problem's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C123784306[14].
  • vehicle routing problem's computational complexity is recorded as NP-complete[15].

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Works and Contributions

vehicle routing problem is credited with the discovery of George Bernard Dantzig[3].

Why It Matters

vehicle routing problem draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (computational_problem category, ranking #8 of 61).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). vehicle routing problem. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vehicle-routing-problem
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vehicle-routing-problem_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vehicle routing problem}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vehicle-routing-problem}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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