The Spring School on Vehicle Routing is aimed
at students and researchers wishing to enlarge their knowledge in this field.
Ten tutorial lectures will be given by internationally renowned scientists.
The Spring School will be immediately preceded by the
Annual
Conference of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) and
Optimization Days, which will be held jointly from May 8 to 10 (AM) at HEC Montréal.
Download the PDF
file of the printed announcement.
Dates
May 10 (PM) to 12, 2006.
Venue
HEC Montréal
Room Banque de développement du Canada
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal H3T 2A7, Canada
Organisers
Jean-François Cordeau
Gilbert Laporte
Registration
Fees: $175 CDN until February 28, 2006; $250 CDN after February 28. Students: $100 CDN
Online registration system.
Accommodation and transportation
Please consult the website of the CORS conference.
Program
Wednesday, 2:00 pm
Aristide Mingozzi
University of Bologna, Italy
Exact Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem
Chairperson: Jean-François Cordeau
Wednesday, 3:45 pm
Martin W.P. Savelsbergh
Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Inventory Routing Problems
Chairperson: Herbert Kopfer
Wednesday, 5:30 pm
Cocktail: Atrium Hydro-Québec
Thursday, 9:00 am
Christian Prins
Université de Technologie de Troyes, France
Memetic Algorithms for Routing Problems
Chairperson: Gilbert Laporte
Thursday, 10:45 am
Angel Corberán
University of Valencia, Spain
Arc Routing Problems
Chairperson: Christian Prins
Thursday, 2:00 pm
Vasek Chvátal
Concordia University, Canada
The Traveling Salesman Problem
Chairperson: Jean-Marie Bourjolly
Thursday, 3:45 pm
Adam N. Letchford
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Polyhedral Analysis of the Vehicle Routing Problem
Chairperson: Aristide Mingozzi
Friday, 9:00 am
Arne Løkketangen
Molde University College, Norway
Stochastic Vehicle Routing Problems
Chairperson: François Louveaux
Friday, 10:45 am
Stefan Nickel
Saarland University, Germany
Patient Transportation in Hospitals
Chairperson: Johan Oppen
Friday, 2:00 pm
Gilbert Laporte
HEC Montréal, Canada
A Short History of the Traveling Salesman Problem
Chairperson: Vitória Pureza
Friday, 3:15 pm
Inventory Routing Prize
Friday, 3:45 pm
Michel Gendreau
Université de Montréal, Canada
Split Delivery Routing
Chairperson: Stefan Ropke
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