Towards a Decision Making Support System for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem

Takwa Tlili, Saoussen Krichen and Sami Faiz
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Saoussen Krichen: LARODEC Laboratory, High Institute of Management, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Sami Faiz: LTSIRS Laboratory, National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST), 2013, vol. 5, issue 4, 21-33

Abstract: Distribution of goods is of importance in logistics and supply chain management. The target of a distribution network is to specify the beneficial way for delivering goods and commodities from supply to demand points. In distribution domain, this activity can usually be viewed as a capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP). As the CVRP solutions remain computationally intractable, we develop in this paper an interactive routing decision making support system (R-DMSS) that integrates a swarm based approach into a geographical information system (GIS). The empirical experiments include benchmarking instances as well as a case study over the Ezzahra area in Tunisia. The R-DMSS interfaces are presented to better understand the operational aspect of the system.

Date: 2013
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