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Matheuristics for solving a multi-attribute collection problem for a charity organisation

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  • Gunes Erdogan

    (Centre for Operational Research, Management Science and Information Systems (CORMSIS), School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

  • Fraser McLeod

    (Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

  • Tom Cherrett

    (Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

  • Tolga Bektas

    (Centre for Operational Research, Management Science and Information Systems (CORMSIS), School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

Abstract

This paper studies a real-life multi-attribute profit collecting vehicle routing problem, arising in the collection operations of a charity organisation in the United Kingdom. The problem involves a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles of different capacities, mandatory visits to a subset of vertices, time windows, rest requirements associated with maximum driving and working times, and partial collection. A mixed integer programming formulation of the problem is described, along with three matheuristics based on Tabu Search and Large Neighbourhood Search. Computational results on instances derived from the case study are presented, and insights are given from a practical implementation.

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  • Gunes Erdogan & Fraser McLeod & Tom Cherrett & Tolga Bektas, 2015. "Matheuristics for solving a multi-attribute collection problem for a charity organisation," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 66(2), pages 177-190, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:66:y:2015:i:2:p:177-190
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    1. Nicolas Rincon-Garcia & Ben J. Waterson & Tom J. Cherrett, 2018. "Requirements from vehicle routing software: perspectives from literature, developers and the freight industry," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(1), pages 117-138, January.
    2. Sandra Huber & Jean-François Cordeau & Martin Josef Geiger, 2020. "A matheuristic for the swap body vehicle routing problem," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 42(1), pages 111-160, March.

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