A hybrid genetic algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with three-dimensional loading constraints

RAIRO - Operations Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-82

  Miao, Lixin ^a   Ruan, Qingfang ^a   Woghiren, Kevin ^b   Ruo, Qi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Tabu search; Three dimensional loading; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; TABU SEARCH; VEHICLES;

CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM; COMBINATORIAL COMPLEXITY; COMBINATORIAL PROBLEM; DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS; DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOADINGS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

VEHICLE ROUTING;

EID: 84862536385     PISSN: 03990559     EISSN: 28047303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ro/2012008     Document Type: Article

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