Heuristics for the multi-vehicle covering tour problem

被引:87
作者
Hachicha, M
Hodgson, MJ
Laporte, G
Semet, F
机构
[1] Univ Montreal, Ctr Rech Transports, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[2] Univ Alberta, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
[3] Univ Montreal, GRIS, Dept Adm Sante, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[4] Univ Valenciennes & Hainaut Cambresis, Lab Informat & Math Appliquees, F-59304 Valenciennes, France
关键词
covering tour; vehicle routing; savings algorithm; sweep algorithm; route-first/cluster-second;
D O I
10.1016/S0305-0548(99)00006-4
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The multi-vehicle covering tour problem is defined on a graph G = (V boolean OR W, E), where W is a set of vertices that must collectively be covered by up to in vehicles. The problem consists of determining a set of total minimum length vehicle routes on a subset of V, subject to side constraints, such that every vertex of W is within a prespecified distance from a route. Three heuristics are developed for this problem and tested on randomly generated and real data.
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页码:29 / 42
页数:14
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