• Title of article

    Heuristic andexactalgorithmsforamin–maxselectivevehicle routing problem

  • Author/Authors

    Cristiano ArbexValle، نويسنده , , LeonardoConegundesMartinez، نويسنده , , AlexandreSallesdaCunha ، نويسنده , , GeraldoR.Mateus، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    1054
  • To page
    1065
  • Abstract
    In thiswork,weinvestigateavehicleroutingproblemwherenotallclientsneedtobevisitedandthegoal is tominimizethelongestvehicleroute.Weproposetwoexactsolutionapproachesforsolvingthe problem:aBranch-and-cut(BC)algorithmandaLocalBranching(LB)methodthatusesBCasitsinner solver.Ourcomputationalexperienceindicatesthat,inpractice,theproblemisdifficulttosolve,mainly when thenumberofvehiclesgrows.Inadditiontotheexactmethods,wepresentaheuristicthatrelieson GRASPandontheresolutionofarestrictedintegerprogrambasedonasetcoveringreformulationforthe problem.TheheuristicwascapableofsignificantlyimprovingthebestsolutionsprovidedbyBCandLB,in one tenthofthetimestakenbythemtoachievetheirbestupperbounds.
  • Keywords
    Heuristics , Branch-and-cut , Local branching , Vehicle routing problem
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Record number

    927924