̅1, … .
, d
̅ : {d
D ̅ n(d) } set of deliveries from the plant
C = {c1 , c2 , … , cm , cm+1 , … , cm+m0 } ∶ set of all construction sites
m: the number of sites that do not need pumps
m0 : number of sites in need of a pump
C 0 = {cm+1 , cm+2 … , cm+m0 } ∶ 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑢𝑚𝑝
Set of deliveries to the site ci : c̅i : {c̅i,1 … . , c̅i,n(ci } where c̅i,j denotes the jth delivery to 𝑐𝑖 and
𝑛(𝑐𝑖 ) is total number of trucks deliveries scheduled for 𝑐𝑖 .
𝑞(𝑐𝑖 )
𝑛(𝑐𝑖 ): [𝐾 ] 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑖
min(𝑐𝑖 )
̅ ∪ C̅ , k ∈ K
xuvk , u, v ∈ D
∶ if vehicle k supplies u, reloads at u or starts its delivery at u, and moves towards v, xuvk
= 1, otherwise, xuvk = 0
̅ ∪ C̅: is the predecessor of a specific delivery u via vehicle k
∆− (u), u ∈ D
k
̅ ∪ C̅: is the suceessor of a specific delivery u via vehicle k
∆+ (u), u ∈ D
k