# Route Optimization for Open Vehicle Routing Problem (OVRP): A Mathematical and Solution Approach
## 3 Materials and Methods
### Solution and Analysis of Results
#### 3.4.2 Heuristic Algorithms
These technologies offer innovative and adaptive approaches that could provide more flexible and efficient solutions in dynamic logistics environments. Taken together, these recommendations seek to drive the continued evolution of the strategies used, ensuring increasingly efficient and adaptive solutions to highly complex logistics challenges. Conceptualization, D.G., F.P. and S.P. ; methodology, G.G., G.H.-V. and J.R.C.-H.; validation, D.G., F.P. and S.P. ; formal analysis, D.G., F.P. and S.P. ; investigation, G.G., G.H.-V. and J.R.C.-H.; resources, J.R.C.-H.; writing--original draft preparation, G.H.-V.; writing--review and editing, G.H.-V.; visualization, G.H.-V.; supervision, G.H.-V. and J.R.C.-H.; project administration, G.H.-V. and J.R.C.-H.; funding acquisition, R.L. and J.R.C.-H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. We thank the grants from projects UBIOBIO GI 2380142, UBIOBIO 2260222 IF/R, and ANID FONDECYT REGULAR 1230125. ## References

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