Model and algorithm for an unpaired pickup and delivery vehicle routing problem with split loads

Qingfeng Chen, Kunpeng Li and Zhixue Liu

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2014, vol. 69, issue C, 218-235

Abstract: This paper addresses the routing problem with unpaired pickup and delivery with split loads. An interesting factor of our problem is that the quantity and place for pickup and delivery are decision variables in the network. We develop an easy-to-implement heuristic in order to gain an efficient and feasible solution quickly. Then, a local search algorithm based on the variable neighborhood search (VNS) method is developed to improve the performance of the heuristic. Computational results show that the proposed VNS method is able to obtain an optimal or near optimal solution in reasonable time for the formulated problem.

Keywords: Logistics; Vehicle routing; Transport; Pickup and delivery; Variable neighborhood search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2014.06.010

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