Vehicle Routing with Site-Vehicle Dependency Constraints - Couverture souple

Nag, Barin

 
9783639304510: Vehicle Routing with Site-Vehicle Dependency Constraints
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639304519 ISBN 13 : 9783639304510
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Synopsis

In the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), when the vehicles are of several types and capacities, and some of the customer sites are compatible with only some vehicle types, the VRP is said to have site-vehicle dependency constraints. The importance of the problem solution in the logistics industry has led to extensive research in academics and industry, resulting in the development of several heuristic solution techniques, none of which have addressed site-vehicle dependencies, which is the topic of this work. The VEHTYPE heuristic is a sequential procedure that works on one vehicle type at a time, using special decision rules for effectiveness and balanced utilization. More advanced heuristics are presented using Generalized Assignment, called GAP I, II, and III. GAP I and II depend on VEHTYPE for vehicle assignment. GAP III works directly from the input data. The results are validated on routes made by hand for problems of different sizes and levels of site dependencies. This is a new development in routing and scheduling, and work is of interest to all involved in routing and scheduling, as practitioners in industry, as research scientists, or as students.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), when the vehicles are of several types and capacities, and some of the customer sites are compatible with only some vehicle types, the VRP is said to have site-vehicle dependency constraints. The importance of the problem solution in the logistics industry has led to extensive research in academics and industry, resulting in the development of several heuristic solution techniques, none of which have addressed site-vehicle dependencies, which is the topic of this work. The VEHTYPE heuristic is a sequential procedure that works on one vehicle type at a time, using special decision rules for effectiveness and balanced utilization. More advanced heuristics are presented using Generalized Assignment, called GAP I, II, and III. GAP I and II depend on VEHTYPE for vehicle assignment. GAP III works directly from the input data. The results are validated on routes made by hand for problems of different sizes and levels of site dependencies. This is a new development in routing and scheduling, and work is of interest to all involved in routing and scheduling, as practitioners in industry, as research scientists, or as students.

Biographie de l'auteur

Barin Nag has a PhD in Business from University of Maryland. He has over 20 research publications in routing and scheduling, decision support systems, neural networks, and multi-agent systems. He has worked with NASA on research, and as a consultant with the World Bank. He has industry experience in Electrical Engineering and Systems Engineering.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639304519
ISBN 13 
9783639304510
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
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