AbstractOne of the most important challenges that confronts less-than-truckload carriers serving many-to-many distribution networks consists of determining how to consolidate flows of small shipments. The objective is to determine a route for each origin–destination pair that minimizes the cost while still guaranteeing a certain level of service. This research studies different aspects of the problem and provides a metaheuristic algorithm (based on Ant Colony Optimization techniques) capable of solving real-life problems in a reasonable computational time. The viability of the approach has been tested with a real case in Spain and encouraging results have been obtained.


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    Titel :

    Routing design for less-than-truckload motor carriers using Ant Colony Optimization


    Beteiligte:
    Barcos, L. (Autor:in) / Rodríguez, V. (Autor:in) / Álvarez, M.J. (Autor:in) / Robusté, F. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2009-10-08


    Format / Umfang :

    17 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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