Heuristic procedures for the capacitated vehicle routing problem

被引:22
作者
Campos, V [1 ]
Mota, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Valencia, Dept Estadist & Invest Operat, E-46003 Valencia, Spain
关键词
vehicle routing; heuristics; tabu search; combinatorial optimization;
D O I
10.1023/A:1008768313174
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; O22 [运筹学];
学科分类号
070105 ; 12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
In this paper we present two new heuristic procedures for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). The first one solves the problem from scratch, while the second one uses the information provided by a strong linear relaxation of the original problem. This second algorithm is designed to be used in a branch and cut approach to solve to optimality CVRP instances. In both heuristics, the initial solution is improved using tabu search techniques. Computational results over a set of known instances, most of them with a proved optimal solution, are given.
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页码:265 / 277
页数:13
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