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EUROCAST
2007
Springer
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14 years 1 months ago
Parallel Tabu Search and the Multiobjective Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Soft Time Windows
Abstract. In this paper the author presents three approaches to parallel Tabu Search, applied to several instances of the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with soft Time Windows...
Andreas Beham
ICTAI
2003
IEEE
14 years 20 days ago
A Diversity-Controlling Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
This paper presents an adaptive genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) to near optimal solutions. The algorithm employs a unique dec...
Kenny Qili Zhu
HM
2009
Springer
145views Optimization» more  HM 2009»
13 years 12 months ago
Multiple Variable Neighborhood Search Enriched with ILP Techniques for the Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
Abstract. In this work we extend a VNS for the periodic vehicle routing problem with time windows (PVRPTW) to a multiple VNS (mVNS) where several VNS instances are applied cooperat...
Sandro Pirkwieser, Günther R. Raidl
HM
2005
Springer
140views Optimization» more  HM 2005»
14 years 27 days ago
Fast Ejection Chain Algorithms for Vehicle Routing with Time Windows
Abstract. This paper introduces a new algorithm, based on the concept of ejection chains, to effectively target vehicle routing problems with time window constraints (VRPTW). Ejec...
Herman Sontrop, Pieter van der Horn, Marc Uetz
ICNC
2009
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows: A Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Approach
Vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a well-known combinatorial optimization and nonlinear programming problem seeking to service a number of customers with a fleet of vehicles. This ...
Xiaoxiang Liu, Weigang Jiang, Jianwen Xie