In this study, the open vehicle routing problem with heterogeneous vehicle fleet (HFOVRP) is addressed. Unlike the standard vehicle routing problems, vehicles do not return to the depot after their customer visits in the open vehicle routing problems. In the HFOVRP, demands of customers must be served by a heterogeneous vehicle fleet, where the tour length of each vehicle is limited by a maximum allowed tour length. The aim of the studied HFOVRP is to minimize the total fixed cost of used vehicles. In this study, a constraint programming (CP) model is developed for the HFOVRP. A mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation of the HFOVRP is also provided to make a comparison with the CP model. Then, the performances of the CP and MILP models are assessed on a set of small-sized instances with varying number of customers. The computational results show that the CP model is effective for providing good-quality solutions for small-sized instances of the HFOVRP in short computational times.
A Constraint Programming Model for the Open Vehicle Routing Problem with Heterogeneous Vehicle Fleet
Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering
The International Symposium for Production Research ; 2022 ; Antalya, Türkiye October 06, 2022 - October 08, 2022
2023-03-02
12 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Vehicle routing , Open vehicle routing problem , Heterogeneous vehicle fleet , Constraint programming , Mathematical modelling Engineering , Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes , Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing , Cyber-physical systems, IoT , Professional Computing , Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design , Engineering Design
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