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A column generation approach for an emission-oriented vehicle routing problem on a multigraph

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  • Behnke, Martin
  • Kirschstein, Thomas
  • Bierwirth, Christian

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In this work, an emission-minimizing vehicle routing problem with heterogeneous vehicles and a heterogeneous road and traffic network is considered as it is typical in urban areas. Depending on the load of the vehicle, there exist multiple emission-minimal arcs for traveling between two locations. To solve the vehicle routing problem efficiently, a column generation approach is presented. At the core of the procedure an emission-oriented elementary shortest path problem on a multigraph is solved by a backward labeling algorithm. It is shown that the labeling algorithm can be sped up by adjusting the dual master program and by restricting the number of labels propagated in the sub-problem. The column generation technique is used to setup a fast heuristic as well as a branch-and-price algorithm. Both procedures are evaluated based on test instances with up to 100 customers. It turns out that the heuristic approach is very effective and generates near-optimal solutions with gaps below 0.1% on average while only requiring a fraction of the runtime of the exact approach.

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  • Behnke, Martin & Kirschstein, Thomas & Bierwirth, Christian, 2021. "A column generation approach for an emission-oriented vehicle routing problem on a multigraph," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 288(3), pages 794-809.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:288:y:2021:i:3:p:794-809
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.06.035
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