A Heuristic Algorithm for Trip Aggregation in Vehicle Routing Applications

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  • Michele Monaci
  • Daniele Vigo
چکیده

In this paper we consider a generalization of the classical Vechicle Routing Problem (VRP) where the objective is to determine the daily assignment for each vehicle, possibly made up by more than one trip, so that all customer are served and the overall fixed and variable costs are minimized. We propose a heuristic algorithm for this problem and discuss computational results on a set of real-world instances showing that the approach is effective in the reduction of the overall number of vehicles used and costs.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003