Notes Toward a General Theory of the Last Mile

Prompt here

Generated with Claude Opus 4.6

---

Being a Series of Digressive Annotations on the Logistics of Final-Stage Route Optimisation, with Some Preliminary Remarks on Graph Theory, 528 A.D., and the Condition of Exile

By Jean-Chrétien Mobutu Dassoundo-Velde, M.A. (Leuven), M.Phil. (Cantab.) Wolfson College, Cambridge — Draft Notes, Not for Circulation

---

1. On the Problem, Stated Simply

Claude Opus 4.6

2. On "The Last Mile"

Claude Opus 4.6

3. A Digression on Exile, Prompted by a Consideration of Constraint Functions

Claude Opus 4.6

4. On Clarke-Wright Savings and the Geometry of Coalition

Claude Opus 4.6

5. On the Travelling Salesman and the Fallacy of Exact Solutions

Claude Opus 4.6

6. On Stochastic Demand and the Unreliability of Allies

Claude Opus 4.6

7. On the Objective Function

Claude Opus 4.6

8. On the Depot, and What It Means to Leave It

Claude Opus 4.6

9. A Final Note on Optimality

Claude Opus 4.6