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A novel hybrid genetic algorithm for the multidepot periodic vehicle routing problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2014

Mohammad Mirabi
Mohammad Mirabi*
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, Ayatollah Haeri University of Meybod, Meybod, Iran
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Abstract

A genetic algorithm is a metaheuristic proposed to derive approximate solutions for computationally hard problems. In the literature, several successful applications have been reported for graph-based optimization problems, such as scheduling problems. This paper provides one definition of periodic vehicle routing problem for single and multidepots conforming to a wide range of real-world problems and also develops a novel hybrid genetic algorithm to solve it. The proposed hybrid genetic algorithm applies a modified approach to generate a population of initial chromosomes and also uses an improved heuristic called the iterated swap procedure to improve the initial solutions. Moreover, during the implementation a hybrid algorithm, cyclic transfers, an effective class of neighborhood search is applied. The author uses three genetic operators to produce good new offspring. The objective function consists of two terms: total traveled distance at each depot and total waiting time of all customers to take service. Distances are assumed Euclidean or straight line. These conditions are exactly consistent with the real-world situations and have received little attention in the literature. Finally, the experimental results have revealed that the proposed hybrid method can be competitive with the best existing methods as asynchronous parallel heuristic and variable neighborhood search in terms of solution quality to solve the vehicle routing problem.

Keywords

Genetic AlgorithmIterated Swap ProcedureMultidepotPeriodic Vehicle Routing Problem
Type
Regular Articles
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 2015 , pp. 45 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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