OR/MS Today, February 2012
Vehicle Routing Software Survey
Table 4
| Product | Performance | |
| Computation time to solve problem with 50 routes, 1,000 stops, two-hour hard-time windows (specify platform for calculations and any other assumptions): | What types of algorithms are employed (open-ended)? | |
| ArcLogistics | < 5 Minutes | Proprietary |
| Descartes Routing, Mobile & Telematics Suite | less than 1 minute | Proprietary |
| DISC | A few seconds typically | |
| IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst | Between 2-120 minutes | Heuristics and Constraint Programmi |
| JOpt.AAS | 5 Minutes | Construction, SA, GA |
| JOpt.SDK | 5 Minutes | Construction, SA, GA |
| Optrak vehicle routing software | 5+ minutes for a standard PC | Various heuristics |
| Paragon Routing and Scheduling Optimizer | Around 2 minutes | Cost saved & improvement algorithms |
| Roadnet Transportation Suite | <30 seconds | Heuristic algorithms are employed |
| StreetSync Basic | < 10 Minutes | Proprietary |
| StreetSync Desktop | < 10 Minutes | Proprietary |
| StreetSync Pro | < 10 Minutes | Proprietary |
| TMW Appian Direct Route | <3 minutres | proprietary |
| TruckStops VRS | User settable, min 1-5 minutes | Proprietary heuristics |
| WebSTARS 5.4 | 1 - 3 minutes on a PC | local serach, integer programming |
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