Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Optimization of Ship Steel Distribution Center under Green Shipbuilding Mode

Jinghua Li, Hui Guo, Qinghua Zhou and Boxin Yang
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Jinghua Li: College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Hui Guo: College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Qinghua Zhou: School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Boxin Yang: School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 15, 1-20

Abstract: Timeliness of steel distribution centers can effectively ensure the smooth progress of ship construction, but the carbon emissions of vehicles in the distribution process are also a major source of pollution. Therefore, when considering the common cost of vehicle distribution, taking the carbon emissions of vehicles into account, this paper establishes a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model called green vehicle routing and scheduling problem with simultaneous pickups and deliveries and time windows (GVRSP-SPDTW). An intelligent water drop algorithm is designed and improved, and compared with the genetic algorithm and traditional intelligent water drop algorithm. The applicability of the improved intelligent water drop algorithm is proven. Finally, it is applied to a specific example to prove that the improved intelligent water drop algorithm can effectively reduce the cost of such problems, thereby reducing the carbon emissions of vehicles in the distribution process, achieving the goals of reducing environmental pollution and green shipbuilding.

Keywords: green shipbuilding; vehicle scheduling optimization; vehicle routing optimization; improved intelligent water drop algorithms; green vehicle problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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