Optimization of a Real-World Auto-Carrier Transportation Problem

Mauro Dell’Amico (), Simone Falavigna () and Manuel Iori ()
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Mauro Dell’Amico: DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
Simone Falavigna: DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
Manuel Iori: DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy

Transportation Science, 2015, vol. 49, issue 2, 402-419

Abstract: We study a real-world distribution problem arising in the automotive field in which cars, trucks, and other vehicles have to be loaded onto auto-carriers and then delivered to dealers. The solution of the problem involves both the computation of the routing of the auto-carriers along the road network and the determination of a feasible loading for each carrier. We solve the problem by means of an iterated local search algorithm that makes use of several inner local search strategies for the routing part and mathematical modeling and enumeration techniques for the loading part. Extensive computational results on real-world instances show that good savings on the total cost can be obtained within small computational efforts.

Keywords: vehicle routing; loading; auto-carrier; iterated local search (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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