SavingsAnts for the vehicle routing problem

In this paper we propose a hybrid approach for solving vehicle routing problems. The main idea is to combine an Ant System (AS) with a problem specific constructive heuristic, namely the well known Savings algorithm. This differs from previous approaches, where the subordinate heuristic was the Near...

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Main Authors: Doerner, Karl, Gronalt, Manfred, Hartl, Richard F., Reimann, Marc, Strauß, Christine, Stummer, Michael
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: SFB Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business 2001
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Online Access:http://epub.wu.ac.at/1130/1/document.pdf