带模糊时间窗的配送问题多目标优化研究

针对配送多目标优化问题,综合考虑车辆使用数、运输总里程和客户服务水平,基于双层规划的思想,解决了车辆数函数和运输里程函数的区间伸缩指标问题,并引入客户不满意度的模糊隶属度函数来描述配送服务水平。通过去量纲将三个优化目标转化为总目标函数的功效函数,并运用模糊层次分析法对三个函数分配权重,建立以车辆使用数最少、运输总里程最小、客户不满意度最低的标量化多目标模型,并运用模拟退火算法验证了模型的合理性和普适性。     

基于遗传算法的成品油二次配送车辆路径问题研究

研究了加油站需求已知前提下带时间窗的具有满隔舱运输约束的多车型成品油二次配送车辆路径问题.首先以总费用极小化为目标建立了具有满载运输约束的多车型成品油二次配送车辆路径问题的混合整数规划模型,其中总费用包括动用车辆的固定费用、车辆的运输费用、以及不满足时间窗约束的等待成本和惩罚成本等.然后基于成品油二次配送车辆路径问题的特点设计了求解模型的遗传算法,通过对车辆和加油站分别采用自然数编码方式、解码时考虑约束条件等策略有效避免了不可行解的产生.最后利用一个实际案例进行了模拟计算,结果显示根据方法得到的配送方案明显优于实际中凭经验得到的配送方案,总配送成本大约降低了9%.模型和算法为制订成品油二次配送方案提供了决策依据.     

乘用车物流运输装载模型研究

对乘用车物流运输计划问题进行了研究,首先,建立了以单辆轿运车实载率最大为目标的单车最佳装载方案模型,以该方案配送乘用车辆直到运输任务完成以获得初始轿运车数,其次以空载率最小为目标设计了数量调整模型对初始轿运车数进行优化,得到最优装载方案模型.基于上述优化模型计算最小的轿运车数,建立在轿运车数量限制下的最短行驶里程模型,选择总行驶里程最小的装载方案作为最优的配送方案.最后建立基于路径的物流运输装载模型,运用Floyd算法计算任意起讫点间的最短路径,设计了一种全局搜索算法得到一种合理的配送方案,并以空载率最小为目标对方案进行优化.     

基于低碳排放的车辆路径优化问题研究

研究了基于低碳排放的锦州JS配送公司的车辆路径优化问题.首先通过分析目前锦州JS配送公司的车辆路径规划方案发现该公司在规划路径时只关注路径最短,而忽视了碳排放成本.然后通过具体分析配送过程中能源消耗的来源,考虑车辆自重和载重、车辆出行距离等对配送能源消耗的影响,建立了以极小化碳排放成本为目标的车辆路径优化问题的混合整数规划模型,通过求解模型得到新的配送路径优化方案.优化后的配送方案比原先的配送方案减少了14.16万元的碳排放成本.研究结果对物流企业降低碳排放具有指导意义.     

基于精英蚁群算法的多目标生鲜配送路径优化研究

随着人们对于食品质量要求的提高,近年来绿色生鲜配送受到了社会的普遍关注.首先对配送过程中客户满意度、总成本、大气污染物和温室气体排放量三个目标进行了分析,接着建立了多目标配送路径优化模型,最后以最大化客户满意度作为主要目标利用精英蚁群算法进行求解,为生鲜配送基地提出的三个配送优化方案设计了最优配送路径.配送基地可根据自身发展选择合适的配送方案.结果也验证了模型的正确性和算法的可行性.     

基于遗传算法的固定起讫点危险品配送路线优化

为科学选择危险品配送路线,保障运输安全,将传统TSP(Travelling SalesmanProblem)问题加以推广和延伸,建立以路段交通事故率、路侧人口密度、环境影响因子和路段运输费用为指标的固定起讫点危险品配送路线优化模型.以遗传算法基本框架为基础,引入新的遗传算子,构建了可用于实现模型的多目标遗传算法.实例仿真表明,所建模型和算法在求解固定起讫点危险品配送路线优化问题中有较好的实用性.     

综合考虑碳排放与运输费用的配送路径优化

针对日益严峻的环境问题,在传统的物流配送路径优化过程中,进行碳排放量计算,并转换成相应的经济效益,形成一个综合考虑碳排放和运输费用的配送路径优化模型并通过遗传算法进行求解.以厦门市某物流配送企业为例进行初步应用研究.结果表明:传统的配送路径安排中存在很大的碳排放改善空间;综合考虑碳排放和运输费用的车辆路径问题在有效实现绿色物流的同时能降低运输成本.     

多阶响应下军事物流配送中心可靠选址模型

为了提高战时物资配送的敏捷性和可靠性,结合军事物资配送的多阶响应过程,以部队用户对配送响应的时间约束为限制条件,以设施固定成本与期望配送成本之和为目标函数,并考虑设施未来失效的可能,建立了混合整数规划形式的军事物流配送中心可靠选址模型.结合模型的特点,采用基于时间约束的启发式算法将模型转化为可行子问题进行求解,使用仿真算例说明模型的优越性和算法的有效性.与不考虑设施失效的选址模型相比,考虑设施失效的选址方案在出现设施失效时,其应急配送成本平均增加量基本不超过设施固定成本的20％,平均最大增加量不超过25％;同一种失效情景下,考虑设施失效的选址方案的应急配送总成本也明显小于不考虑设施失效的选址方案的总成本.     

基于精英单亲遗传算法的冷链物流VRP模型优化研究

针对冷链物流配送的特殊性,探索冷链物流车辆路径问题(VRP)优化方案.首先,在保证货物不超载的条件下,建立基于时间和品质因素的顾客满意度约束的多配送中心VRP(MDVRP)模型;其次,采用重心分区法和改进的精英单亲遗传算法,求解顾客在配送中心的分配,确定配送车辆数以及顾客服务次序;最后,用Matlab工具编程对模型进行求解分析.结果表明构建基于满意度的冷链物流MDVRP模型更适合冷链物流配送最优路径选择,并且改进单亲遗传算法能够有效求解这类问题.     

基于线性规划博弈的供应链配送问题

着重建立了供应链配送问题的线性规划模型,分析说明了配送合作联盟对各成员是有利的.在配送博弈中,根据配送问题的对偶最优解和配送博弈核心之间的关系,构造了收益分配函数并证明了配送博弈的核心非空、所对应的分配方案稳定等性质.最后通过算例应用验证了模型和分配函数的有效性.     

A Global Optimization Approach to a Water Distribution Network Design Problem

In this paper, we address a global optimization approach to a waterdistribution network design problem. Traditionally, a variety of localoptimization schemes have been developed for such problems, each new methoddiscovering improved solutions for some standard test problems, with noknown lower bound to test the quality of the solutions obtained. A notableexception is a recent paper by Eiger et al. (1994) who present a firstglobal optimization approach for a loop and path-based formulation of thisproblem, using a semi-infinite linear program to derive lower bounds. Incontrast, we employ an arc-based formulation that is linear except forcertain complicating head-loss constraints and develop a first globaloptimization scheme for this model. Our lower bounds are derived through thedesign of a suitable Reformulation-Linearization Technique (RLT) thatconstructs a tight linear programming relaxation for the given problem, andthis is embedded within a branch-and-bound algorithm. Convergence to anoptimal solution is induced by coordinating this process with an appropriatepartitioning scheme. Some preliminary computational experience is providedon two versions of a particular standard test problem for the literature forwhich an even further improved solution is discovered, but one that isverified for the first time to be an optimum, without any assumed boundson the flows. Two other variants of this problem are also solved exactly forillustrative purposes and to provide researchers with additional test caseshaving known optimal solutions. Suggestions on a more elaborate study involving several algorithmic enhancements are presented for futureresearch.     

Dynamic sample budget allocation in model-based optimization

Model-based search methods are a class of optimization techniques that search the solution space by sampling from an underlying probability distribution “model,” which is updated iteratively after evaluating the performance of the samples at each iteration. This paper aims to improve the sampling efficiency of model-based methods by considering a generalization where a population of distribution models is maintained and subsequently propagated from generation to generation. A key issue in the proposed approach is how to efficiently allocate the sampling budget among the population of models to maximize the algorithm performance. We formulate this problem as a generalized max k-armed bandit problem, and derive an efficient dynamic sample allocation scheme based on Markov decision theory to adaptively allocate computational resources. The proposed allocation scheme is then further used to update the current population to produce an improving population of models. Our preliminary numerical results indicate that the proposed procedure may considerably reduce the number of function evaluations needed to obtain high quality solutions, and thus further enhance the value of model-based methods for optimization problems that require expensive function evaluations for performance evaluation.     

Iterative method for fixed point problem, variational inequality and generalized mixed equilibrium problems with applications

In this paper, we introduce a new iterative scheme for finding a common element of the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping, the set of solution of generalized mixed equilibrium problem and the set of solutions of the variational inequality problem for a co-coercive mapping in a real Hilbert space. Then strong convergence of the scheme to a common element of the three sets is proved. Furthermore, new convergence results are deduced and finally we apply our results to solving optimization problems and present other applications.     

Lagrangian heuristics for the two-echelon,single-source,capacitated facility location problem

Facility location problems form an important class of integer programming problems, with application in the distribution and transportation industries. In this paper we are concerned with a particular type of facility location problem in which there exist two echelons of facilities. Each facility in the second echelon has limited capacity and can be supplied by only one facility (or depot) in the first echelon. Each customer is serviced by only one facility in the second echelon. The number and location of facilities in both echelons together with the allocation of customers to the second-echelon facilities are to be determined simultaneously. We propose a mathematical model for this problem and consider six heuristics based on Lagrangian relaxation for its solution. To solve the dual problem we make use of a subgradient optimization procedure. We present numerical results for a large suite of test problems. These indicate that the lower-bounds obtained from some relaxations have a duality gap which frequently is one third of the one obtained from traditional linear programming relaxation. Furthermore, the overall solution time for the heuristics are less than the time to solve the LP relaxation.     

Fixed point solutions of variational inequality and generalized equilibrium problems with applications

In this paper, we introduce a new iterative scheme for finding a common element of the set of fixed points of a nonexpansive mapping, the set of solution of generalized equilibrium problem and the set of solutions of the variational inequality problem for a co-coercive mapping in a real Hilbert space. Then strong convergence of the scheme to a common element of the three sets is proved. Furthermore, new convergence results are deduced and finally we apply our results to solving optimization problems and obtaining zeroes of maximal monotone operators and co-coercive mappings.     

A branch-and-price algorithm for the capacitated facility location problem

The capacitated facility location problem (CFLP) is a well-known combinatorial optimization problem with applications in distribution and production planning. It consists in selecting plant sites from a finite set of potential sites and in allocating customer demands in such a way as to minimize operating and transportation costs. A number of solution approaches based on Lagrangean relaxation and subgradient optimization has been proposed for this problem. Subgradient optimization does not provide a primal (fractional) optimal solution to the corresponding master problem. However, in order to compute optimal solutions to large or difficult problem instances by means of a branch-and-bound procedure information about such a primal fractional solution can be advantageous. In this paper, a (stabilized) column generation method is, therefore, employed in order to solve a corresponding master problem exactly. The column generation procedure is then employed within a branch-and-price algorithm for computing optimal solutions to the CFLP. Computational results are reported for a set of larger and difficult problem instances.     

部分联合运输策略下的物流车辆路径优化问题研究

论文分析了物流车辆路径优化问题的特点,提出了企业自营物流和第三方物流协同运输的部分联合运输策略。根据客户需求节点的特点进行了节点分类,建立了以车辆调用成本、车辆运输成本、第三方物流运输成本之和最小为目标的整数线性规划模型。根据部分联合运输策略下各类客户需求点运输方式特点,构造了一种新的变维数矩阵编码结构,并对传统算法中概率选择操作方式进行修改,提出了一种新的智能优化算法并与枚举法和遗传算法的运算结果进行了算法性能对比分析。结果显示,本文提出的逆选择操作蚁群算法具有较快的运算速度和较高的稳定性,是求解此类问题的一种有效算法。     

A FPTAS for computing a symmetric Leontief competitive economy equilibrium

In this paper, we consider a linear complementarity problem (LCP) arisen from the Nash and Arrow–Debreu competitive economy equilibria where the LCP coefficient matrix is symmetric. We prove that the decision problem, to decide whether or not there exists a complementary solution, is NP-complete. Under certain conditions, an LCP solution is guaranteed to exist and we present a fully polynomial-time approximation scheme (FPTAS) for approximating a complementary solution, although the LCP solution set can be non-convex or non-connected. Our method is based on approximating a quadratic social utility optimization problem (QP) and showing that a certain KKT point of the QP problem is an LCP solution. Then, we further show that such a KKT point can be approximated with a new improved running time complexity ${{O}((\frac{n^4}{\epsilon})\log\log(\frac{1}{\epsilon}))}$ arithmetic operation in accuracy ${\epsilon \in (0,1)}$ . We also report preliminary computational results which show that the method is highly effective. Applications in competitive market model problems with other utility functions are also presented, including global trading and dynamic spectrum management problems.     

A multiobjective decomposition-coordination framework with an application to vehicle layout and configuration design

This short paper addresses both researchers in multiobjective optimization as well as industrial practitioners and decision makers in need of solving optimization and decision problems with multiple criteria. To enhance the solution and decision process, a multiobjective decomposition-coordination framework is presented that initially decomposes the original problem into a collection of smaller-sized subproblems that can be solved for their individual solution sets. A common solution for all decomposed and, thus, the original problem is then achieved through a subsequent coordination mechanism that uses the concept of epsilon-efficiency to integrate decisions on the desired tradeoffs between these individual solutions. An application to a problem from vehicle configuration design is selected for further illustration of the results in this paper and suggests that the proposed method is an effective and promising new solution technique for multicriteria decision making and optimization. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Bees algorithm for generalized assignment problem

Bees algorithm (BA) is a new member of meta-heuristics. BA tries to model natural behavior of honey bees in food foraging. Honey bees use several mechanisms like waggle dance to optimally locate food sources and to search new ones. This makes them a good candidate for developing new algorithms for solving optimization problems. In this paper a brief review of BA is first given, afterwards development of a BA for solving generalized assignment problems (GAP) with an ejection chain neighborhood mechanism is presented. GAP is a NP-hard problem. Many meta-heuristic algorithms were proposed for its solution. So far BA is generally applied to continuous optimization. In order to investigate the performance of BA on a complex integer optimization problem, an attempt is made in this paper. An extensive computational study is carried out and the results are compared with several algorithms from the literature.