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 [Add the latest snapshot to your pom](https://github.com/jsprit/jsprit/wiki/Add-latest-snapshot-to-your-pom).
 
-##[About](https://github.com/jsprit/jsprit/wiki/About)
+##About
+The jsprit-project is created and maintained by Stefan Schröder. It is motivated by two issues. 
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+First, there is an almost endless list of papers and algorithms to tackle vehicle routing problems, **BUT** there are (as far as I know) only a [very few open source implementations](https://github.com/jsprit/jsprit/wiki/Other-Projects) of one of these thousands algorithms. 
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+Second, it is motivated by my PhD-project at [KIT](http://www.kit.edu/english/index.php) where I apply vehicle routing algorithms to solve behavioural models of freight agents to assess (freight) transport policy measures. 
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+It is mainly inspired by my research group at [KIT-ECON](http://netze.econ.kit.edu/21.php), and by an awesome open-source project called [MATSim](www.matsim.org) and its developers.
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+Email: jsprit.vehicle.routing@gmail.com
 
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