A multi-start heuristic approach for the split-delivery vehicle routing problem with minimum delivery amounts

Anthony Fu-Wha Han and Yu-Ching Chu

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2016, vol. 88, issue C, 11-31

Abstract: We propose a new multi-start solution approach for the split-delivery vehicle routing problem with minimum delivery amounts (SDVRP-MDA). Initial solutions are generated by both node-insertion and route-addition procedures with a single parameter to control the restart. These solutions are then improved by a variable neighborhood descent metaheuristic with a novel search operator inspired by node-ejection chains. We test the proposed approach with 32 benchmark instances for four different minimum delivery fractions. Using the proposed algorithm, out of 128 cases tested, we find 81 best known solutions and 34 new best solutions; overall, we find 43 new best solutions.

Keywords: Vehicle routing; Split delivery; Minimal delivery amount; Variable neighborhood descent; Node-ejection chains; Heuristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2016.01.014

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