A Hybrid Algorithm for Vehicle Routing of Less-Than-Truckload Carriers

Author(s):  
Julia Rieck ◽  
Jürgen Zimmermann
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Wang ◽  
Jing Ni ◽  
Yixuan Wang

This article proposes an Intelligent Water Drop Algorithm for solving Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problems by considering the constraints of vehicle volume, delivery mileage, and mixed time windows and minimizing the cost of distribution and the minimum number of vehicles. This article improves the basic Intelligent Water Drop Algorithm and show the improved intelligent water droplet genetic hybrid algorithm is an effective method for solving discrete problems. The authors present a practical example and show the applicability of the proposed algorithm. The authors compare the algorithms with the basic algorithm and show the improved intelligent droplet genetic hybrid algorithm has higher computing efficiency and continuous optimization capability.


2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 1071-1075
Author(s):  
Yi Sun ◽  
Yue Chen ◽  
Chang Chun Pan ◽  
Gen Ke Yang

This paper presents a real road network case based on the time dependent vehicle routing problem with time windows (TDVRPTW), which involves optimally routing a fleet of vehicles with fixed capacity when traffic conditions are time dependent and services at customers are only available in their own time tables. A hybrid algorithm based on the Genetic Algorithm (GA) and the Multi Ant Colony System (MACS) is introduced in order to find optimal solutions that minimize two hierarchical objectives: the number of tours and the total travel cost. The test results show that the integrated algorithm outperforms both of its traditional ones in terms of the convergence speed towards optimal solutions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 2519-2531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anand Subramanian ◽  
Eduardo Uchoa ◽  
Luiz Satoru Ochi

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Izdebski

In this article the main optimization problems in the municipal services companies were presented. These problems concern the issue of vehicle routing. The mathematical models of these problems were described. The function of criterion and the conditions on designating the vehicle routing were defined. In this paper the hybrid algorithm solving the presented problems was proposed. The hybrid algorithm consists of two heuristic algorithms: the ant and the genetic algorithm. In this paper the stages of constructing of the hybrid algorithm were presented. A structure of the data processed by the algorithm, a function of adaptation, a selection of chromosomes, a crossover, a mutation and an inversion were characterized. A structure of the data was presented as string of natural numbers. In selection process the roulette method was used and in the crossover process the operator PMX was presented. This algorithm was verified in programming language C #. The process of verification was divided into two stages. In the first stage the best parameters of the hybrid algorithm were designated. In the second stage the algorithm was started with these parameters and the result was compared with the random search algorithm. The random search algorithm generates 2000 routes and the best result is compared with the hybrid algorithm.


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