A Variable Neighbourhood Search Algorithm with Compound Neighbourhoods for VRPTW

Binhui Chen, Rong Qu, Ruibin Bai, Hisao Ishibuchi

2016

Abstract

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) consists of constructing least cost routes from a depot to a set of geographically scattered service points and back to the depot, satisfying service time interval and capacity constraints. A Variable Neighbourhood Search algorithm with Compound Neighbourhoods is proposed to solve VRPTW in this paper. A number of independent neighbourhood operators are composed into compound neighbourhood operators in a new way, to explore wider search area concerning two objectives (to minimize the number of vehicles and the total travel distance) simultaneously. Promising results are obtained on benchmark datasets.

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Chen B., Qu R., Bai R. and Ishibuchi H. (2016). A Variable Neighbourhood Search Algorithm with Compound Neighbourhoods for VRPTW . In Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-171-7, pages 25-35. DOI: 10.5220/0005661800250035


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@conference{icores16,
author={Binhui Chen and Rong Qu and Ruibin Bai and Hisao Ishibuchi},
title={A Variable Neighbourhood Search Algorithm with Compound Neighbourhoods for VRPTW},
booktitle={Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,},
year={2016},
pages={25-35},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005661800250035},
isbn={978-989-758-171-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,
TI - A Variable Neighbourhood Search Algorithm with Compound Neighbourhoods for VRPTW
SN - 978-989-758-171-7
AU - Chen B.
AU - Qu R.
AU - Bai R.
AU - Ishibuchi H.
PY - 2016
SP - 25
EP - 35
DO - 10.5220/0005661800250035