diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/README b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/README
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+use VrpGolderReader to read these files
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diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_3mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_3mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_3mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_3mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_4mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_4mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_4mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_4mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_5mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_5mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_5mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_5mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_6mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_6mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c20_6mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/c20_6mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_13mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_13mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_13mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_13mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_14mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_14mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_14mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_14mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_15mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_15mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_15mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_15mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_16mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_16mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c50_16mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_16mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c75_17mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_17mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c75_17mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_17mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c75_18mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_18mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c75_18mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_18mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c100_19mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_19mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c100_19mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_19mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c100_20mix.txt b/jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_20mix.txt
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rename from jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/orig/c100_20mix.txt
rename to jsprit-instances/instances/vrph/cn_20mix.txt
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/src/main/java/jsprit/instance/reader/VrphGoldenReader.java b/jsprit-instances/src/main/java/jsprit/instance/reader/VrphGoldenReader.java
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+package jsprit.instance.reader;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem.FleetSize;
+import jsprit.core.problem.io.VrpXMLWriter;
+import jsprit.core.problem.job.Service;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.Vehicle;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleImpl;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleTypeImpl;
+import jsprit.core.util.Coordinate;
+
+/**
+ * diff. options yields to different problem types for
+ * - vrphe with infinite fleet, i.e. different types with different variable costs and infinite number of vehicles of each type
+ * - vrphe with finite fleet, i.e. different types with different variable costs and finite number of vehicles of each type
+ * - vfm, different types with different fixed costs 
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @author schroeder
+ *
+ */
+public class VrphGoldenReader {
+	
+	public enum VrphType {
+		VRPH_INFINITE, VRPH_FINITE, VFM, VFMVRC
+	}
+	
+	private final VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder;
+	
+	private final VrphType vrphType;
+	
+	public VrphGoldenReader(Builder vrpBuilder, VrphType vrphType) {
+		super();
+		this.vrpBuilder = vrpBuilder;
+		this.vrphType = vrphType;
+	}
+
+	public void read(String filename){
+		BufferedReader reader = getReader(filename);
+		String line = null;
+		boolean firstline = true;
+		Coordinate depotCoord = null;
+		int customerCount=0;
+		Integer nuOfCustomer = 0;
+		while((line=readLine(reader))!=null){
+			String trimedLine = line.trim();
+			if(trimedLine.startsWith("//")) continue;
+			String[] tokens = trimedLine.split("\\s+");
+			if(firstline){
+				nuOfCustomer=Integer.parseInt(tokens[0]);
+				customerCount=0;
+				firstline=false;
+			}
+			else if(customerCount<=nuOfCustomer) {
+				if(customerCount == 0){
+					depotCoord = Coordinate.newInstance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[1]), Double.parseDouble(tokens[2]));
+				}
+				else{
+					Service.Builder serviceBuilder = Service.Builder.newInstance(tokens[0], Integer.parseInt(tokens[0]));
+					serviceBuilder.setCoord(Coordinate.newInstance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[1]), Double.parseDouble(tokens[2])));
+					vrpBuilder.addJob(serviceBuilder.build());
+				}
+				customerCount++;
+			}
+			else if(trimedLine.startsWith("v")){
+				VehicleTypeImpl.Builder typeBuilder = VehicleTypeImpl.Builder.newInstance("type_"+tokens[1], Integer.parseInt(tokens[2]));
+				int nuOfVehicles = 1;
+				if(vrphType.equals(VrphType.VFM)){
+					typeBuilder.setFixedCost(Double.parseDouble(tokens[3]));
+				}
+				else if(vrphType.equals(VrphType.VFMVRC)){
+					typeBuilder.setFixedCost(Double.parseDouble(tokens[3]));
+					if(tokens.length > 4){
+						typeBuilder.setCostPerDistance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[4]));
+					}
+					else throw new IllegalStateException("option " + vrphType + " cannot be applied with this instance");
+				}
+				else if(vrphType.equals(VrphType.VRPH_INFINITE)){
+					if(tokens.length > 4){
+						typeBuilder.setCostPerDistance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[4]));
+					}
+					else throw new IllegalStateException("option " + vrphType + " cannot be applied with this instance");
+				}
+				else { //VrphType.VRPH_FINITE
+					if(tokens.length > 4){
+						typeBuilder.setCostPerDistance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[4]));
+						nuOfVehicles = Integer.parseInt(tokens[5]);
+						vrpBuilder.setFleetSize(FleetSize.FINITE);
+					}
+					else throw new IllegalStateException("option " + vrphType + " cannot be applied with this instance");
+				}
+				for(int i=0;i<nuOfVehicles;i++){
+					VehicleTypeImpl type = typeBuilder.build();
+					Vehicle vehicle = VehicleImpl.Builder.newInstance("vehicle_"+tokens[1]+"_"+i)
+							.setLocationCoord(depotCoord).setType(type).build();
+					vrpBuilder.addVehicle(vehicle);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		closeReader(reader);
+	}
+
+	private void closeReader(BufferedReader reader) {
+		try {
+			reader.close();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String readLine(BufferedReader reader) {
+		String readLine = null;
+		try {
+			readLine = reader.readLine();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return readLine;
+	}
+
+	private BufferedReader getReader(String filename)  {
+		BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
+		try {
+			bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(filename)));
+			return bufferedReader;
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return bufferedReader;
+	}
+	
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+		VrphGoldenReader goldenReader = new VrphGoldenReader(vrpBuilder, VrphType.VRPH_INFINITE);
+		goldenReader.read("instances/vrph/orig/cn_13mix.txt");
+		VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+		new VrpXMLWriter(vrp).write("instances/vrph/cn_13mix_VRPH_INFINITE.xml");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/jsprit-instances/src/main/java/jsprit/instance/util/Vrph2jsprit.java b/jsprit-instances/src/main/java/jsprit/instance/util/Vrph2jsprit.java
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--- a/jsprit-instances/src/main/java/jsprit/instance/util/Vrph2jsprit.java
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-package jsprit.instance.util;
-
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
-import jsprit.core.problem.job.Service;
-import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.Vehicle;
-import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleImpl;
-import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleTypeImpl;
-import jsprit.core.util.Coordinate;
-
-public class Vrph2jsprit {
-	
-
-	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
-		
-		for(int i=3;i<7;i++){
-			VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
-			String instance = "vrph/orig/c20_"+i+"mix.txt";
-			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(instance)));
-			String line = null;
-			boolean firstline = true;
-			Coordinate depotCoord = null;
-			int customerCount=0;
-			while((line=reader.readLine())!=null){
-				String trimedLine = line.trim();
-				if(trimedLine.startsWith("//")) continue;
-				String[] tokens = trimedLine.split("\\s+");
-				Integer nuOfCustomer = 0;
-				if(firstline){
-					nuOfCustomer=Integer.parseInt(line);
-					customerCount=1;
-					firstline=false;
-				}
-				else if(customerCount<=nuOfCustomer) {
-					if(customerCount == 1){
-						depotCoord = Coordinate.newInstance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[1]), Double.parseDouble(tokens[2]));
-					}
-					else{
-						Service.Builder serviceBuilder = Service.Builder.newInstance(tokens[0], Integer.parseInt(tokens[0]));
-						serviceBuilder.setCoord(Coordinate.newInstance(Double.parseDouble(tokens[1]), Double.parseDouble(tokens[2])));
-						vrpBuilder.addJob(serviceBuilder.build());
-						customerCount++;
-					}
-				}
-				else if(trimedLine.startsWith("v")){
-					VehicleTypeImpl.Builder typeBuilder = VehicleTypeImpl.Builder.newInstance("type_"+tokens[1], Integer.parseInt(tokens[2]));
-					typeBuilder.setFixedCost(Double.parseDouble(tokens[3]));
-					typeBuilder.setCostPerDistance(1.0);
-					VehicleTypeImpl type = typeBuilder.build();
-					Vehicle vehicle = VehicleImpl.Builder.newInstance("vehicle_"+tokens[1])
-							.setLocationCoord(depotCoord).setType(type).build();
-					vrpBuilder.addVehicle(vehicle);
-//					vrpBuilder.s
-				}
-				
-			}
-			reader.close();
-		}
-		
-	}
-
-}