A constraint programming approach to designing a newspaper distribution system

Robert Russell

International Journal of Production Economics, 2013, vol. 145, issue 1, 132-138

Abstract: This paper presents a constraint programming approach using a modeling language and CP optimizer to aid in the coordination of the production and delivery of multi-product newspapers to bulk delivery locations. The distribution problem is modeled as an open vehicle routing problem with time windows and zoning constraints. The use of a high level modeling language eliminates the need to develop custom low-level computer codes to solve the problem. The methodology is applied to the newspaper production and distribution problem in a major metropolitan area. Computational results are presented and show significant improvement relative to a previous metaheuristic approach using tabu search.

Keywords: Newspaper logistics; Constraint programming; Open vehicle routing problem with time windows; Metaheuristic; Tabu search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.01.018

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