Metaheuristics for vehicle routing problems with three-dimensional loading constraints |
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Authors: | Guenther Fuellerer Karl F. Doerner Richard F. Hartl Manuel Iori |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna, Bruenner Strasse 72, 1210 Vienna, Austria;2. DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola 2, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper addresses an important combination of three-dimensional loading and vehicle routing, known as the Three-Dimensional Loading Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem. The problem calls for the combined optimization of the loading of freight into vehicles and the routing of vehicles along a road network, with the aim of serving customers with minimum traveling cost. Despite its clear practical relevance in freight distribution, the literature on this problem is very limited. This is because of its high combinatorial complexity. |
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Keywords: | Vehicle routing Ant Colony Optimization Three-dimensional packing |
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