Ant colony optimization applied to the pickup and delivery problem

In this paper we propose an ACO algorithm to optimize the total costs associated with the pickup and delivery of full truckloads under time window constraints in a hub network. We perform a thorough technical analysis of the ACO by comparing different pheromone decoding schemes, different visibility...

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Main Authors: Doerner, Karl, Hartl, Richard F., Reimann, Marc
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: SFB Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business 2000
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Online Access:http://epub.wu.ac.at/1434/1/document.pdf