ON THE DISTANCE CONSTRAINED VEHICLE-ROUTING PROBLEM

被引:82
作者
LI, CL
SIMCHILEVI, D
DESROCHERS, M
机构
[1] GERAD,MONTREAL,QUEBEC,CANADA
[2] ECOLE POLYTECH,MONTREAL H3C 3A7,QUEBEC,CANADA
[3] COLUMBIA UNIV,IND ENGN & OPERAT RES,NEW YORK,NY 10027
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10.1287/opre.40.4.790
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
We analyze the vehicle routing problem with constraints on the total distance traveled by each vehicle. Two objective functions are considered: minimize the total distance traveled by vehicles and minimize the number of vehicles used. We demonstrate a close relationship between the optimal solutions for the two objective functions and perform a worst case analysis for a class of heuristics. We present a heuristic that provides a good worst case result when the number of vehicles used is relatively small.
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页码:790 / 799
页数:10
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