We consider a special case of the symmetric capacitated vehicle routing problem, in which a fleet of K identical vehicles must serve n customers, each with a given demand consisting in a set of rectangular two-dimensional weighted items. The vehicles have a two-dimensional loading surface and a maximum weight capacity. The aim is to find a partition of the customers into routes of minimum total cost such that, for each vehicle, the weight capacity is taken into account and a feasible two-Dimensional allocation of the items into the loading surface exists. The problem has several practical applications in freight transportation, and it is -hard in the strong sense. We propose an exact approach, based on a branch-and-cut algorithm, for the minimization of the routing cost that iteratively calls a branch-and-bound algorithm for checking the feasibility of the loadings. Heuristics are also used to improve the overall performance of the algorithm. The effectiveness of the approach is shown by means of computational results.
An exact approach for the vehicle routing problem with two-dimensional loading constraints / Iori, Manuel; J. J., SALAZAR GONZALEZ; D., Vigo. - In: TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE. - ISSN 0041-1655. - STAMPA. - 41(2007), pp. 253-264.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2007 |
Titolo: | An exact approach for the vehicle routing problem with two-dimensional loading constraints |
Autore/i: | Iori, Manuel; J. J., SALAZAR GONZALEZ; D., Vigo |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.1060.0165 |
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Volume: | 41 |
Pagina iniziale: | 253 |
Pagina finale: | 264 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000248631700008 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-53749087809 |
Citazione: | An exact approach for the vehicle routing problem with two-dimensional loading constraints / Iori, Manuel; J. J., SALAZAR GONZALEZ; D., Vigo. - In: TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE. - ISSN 0041-1655. - STAMPA. - 41(2007), pp. 253-264. |
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