A tabu search heuristic for the split delivery vehicle routing problem with production and demand calendars

Marie-Claude Bolduc, Gilbert Laporte, Jacques Renaud and Fayez F. Boctor

European Journal of Operational Research, 2010, vol. 202, issue 1, 122-130

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to propose a tabu search heuristic for the split delivery Vehicle Routing Problem with Production and Demand Calendars (VRPPDC). This new problem consists of determining which customers will be served by a common carrier, as well as the delivery routes for those served by the private fleet, in order to minimize the overall transportation and inventory costs. We first model this problem and then propose a simple decomposition procedure that can be used to provide a starting solution. Next, we introduce a new tabu search heuristic and we describe two new neighbor reduction strategies. Finally, we present the results of our extensive computational tests. According to these tests, our reduction strategies are efficient not only at reducing computing time but also at improving the overall solution quality.

Keywords: Vehicle; routing; Distribution; calendar; Production; calendar; Inventory; Internal; fleet; Common; carrier; Split; delivery; Tabu (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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