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Indexed by:会议论文

Date of Publication:2007-08-18

Included Journals:EI、CPCI-S、Scopus

Page Number:2243-+

Key Words:container transportation; vehicle routing problem; genetic algorithm; variable traveling time

Abstract:Vehicle traveling time is vital for vehicle Routing problem. Due to traffic, jam, et al, it generally varies with different times of day, traffic conditions and so on. Considering simultaneous pick-up and delivery service, this paper aims to solve a local container vehicle routing problem with variable traveling time faced by container terminal and forwarders. A genetic algorithm (GA) is advanced to gain an efficient and feasible solution by improving solution encoding, GA operators and involution strategy. Experiments show that the proposed model and algorithm are potentially efficient and useful in solving container vehicle routing problems with varible traveling time in acceptable CPU time.