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Solving the mixed VRP with backhauling using ants

Wassan, Niaz A., Salhi, Said, Nagy, Gábor (2009) Solving the mixed VRP with backhauling using ants. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1159 . pp. 248-253. ISSN 0094-243X. (doi:10.1063/1.3223937) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:37777)

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Abstract

The mixed vehicle routing problem with backhauls is investigated using an ant system heuristic. This distribution problem seems to suffer from a lack of published work even though it has immense practical applicability especially within logistic systems. Some enhancements to the basic ant system algorithm are embedded into the search. In particular a focus is on the choice in the placement of ants, the use of a site-dependent candidate list, the introduction of a look ahead-based visibility, and appropriate strategies for updating local and global trails. Encouraging computational results are reported when tested on benchmark data sets.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1063/1.3223937
Uncontrolled keywords: Ant system metaheuristic, Mixed backhauling, Vehicle scheduling
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: Said Salhi
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2014 10:31 UTC
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2023 15:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/37777 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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