• Title of article

    Variable neighborhoodsearchforthedial-a-rideproblem

  • Author/Authors

    Sophie N.Parragh ، نويسنده , , KarlF.Doerner، نويسنده , , RichardF.Hartl، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    1129
  • To page
    1138
  • Abstract
    In dial-a-rideproblemspassengershavetobetransportedbetweenpre-specifiedpickupanddelivery locationsunderuserinconvenienceconsiderations.Theproblemvariantconsideredinthispaperaims at minimizingtotalroutingcostswhilerespectingmaximumroutedurationlimits,timewindows,and maximumuserridetimelimits.Weproposeacompetitivevariableneighborhoodsearch-based heuristic,usingthreeclassesofneighborhoods.Thefirstneighborhoodclassusessimpleswap operations tailoredtothedial-a-rideproblem;thesecondneighborhoodclassisbasedontheejection chain idea;andthethirdneighborhoodclassexploitstheexistenceofarcswherethevehicleloadis zero, givingrisetonaturalsequencesofrequests.Wereportnewbestresultsfor16outof20benchmark instances.
  • Keywords
    Transportation , Metaheuristic , Variable neighborhood search , Dial-a-Ride Problem
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Record number

    927722