Routing design for less-than-truckload motor carriers using Ant Colony Optimization

L. Barcos, V. Rodríguez, M.J. Álvarez and F. Robusté

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2010, vol. 46, issue 3, 367-383

Abstract: One of the most important challenges that confronts less-than-truckload carriers serving many-to-many distribution networks consists of determining how to consolidate flows of small shipments. The objective is to determine a route for each origin-destination pair that minimizes the cost while still guaranteeing a certain level of service. This research studies different aspects of the problem and provides a metaheuristic algorithm (based on Ant Colony Optimization techniques) capable of solving real-life problems in a reasonable computational time. The viability of the approach has been tested with a real case in Spain and encouraging results have been obtained.

Keywords: Less-than-truckload; operations; optimization; Freight; transportation; Ant; Colony; Optimization; Vehicle; routing; design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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