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A hybrid population heuristic for the heterogeneous vehicle routing problems

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The heterogeneous vehicle routing problem (HVRP) plays an important role in supply chain logistics. Two variants of HVRP are treated in this paper: one with fixed and variable costs (HVRPFD), and the other with only variable cost (HVRPD). A hybrid population heuristic that is able to solve both variants is proposed, in which a population of solutions are progressively evolved by crossovers and local searches. Computational results on a set of eight benchmark test problems from literature show that the proposed heuristic produces excellent solutions in short computing times.

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  • Liu, Shuguang, 2013. "A hybrid population heuristic for the heterogeneous vehicle routing problems," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 67-78.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:54:y:2013:i:c:p:67-78
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.03.010
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