The topological heuristic in vehicle routing problem (VRP)
The creation of a mathematical model of the topology of the road network to solve vehicle routing prob- lem (VRP) is presented in the paper. We propose heuristic of "cores and tails" as a way to reduce the dimensions and to compose topological-based sets of points into a single group. It is described four stages of creating a model. The prospects of further improvement of the algorithm with the transition to parallel filling routes are outlined