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Metaheuristic Approaches for Solving Truck and Trailer Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands: A Case Study in Dairy Industry
Joint Authors
Mirmohammadsadeghi, Seyedmehdi
Ahmed, Shamsuddin
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Manufacturers and service providers often encounter stochastic demand scenarios.
Researchers have, thus far, considered the deterministic truck and trailer routing problem (TTRP) that cannot address ubiquitous demand uncertainties and/or other complexities.
The purpose of this study is to model the TTRP with stochastic demand (TTRPSD) constraints to bring the TTRP model closer to a reality.
The model is solved in a reasonable timeframe using data from a large dairy service by administering the multipoint simulated annealing (M-SA), memetic algorithm (MA), and tabu search (TS).
A sizeable number of customers whose demands follow the Poisson probability distribution are considered to model and solve the problem.
To make the solutions relevant, first, 21 special TTRPSD benchmark instances are modified for this case and then these benchmarks are used in order to increase the validity and efficiency of the aforementioned algorithms and to show the consistency of the results.
Also, the solutions have been tested using sensitivity analysis to understand the effects of the parameters and to make a comparison between the best results obtained by three algorithms and sensitivity analysis.
Since the differences between the results are insignificant, the algorithms are found to be appropriate and relevant for solving real-world TTRPSD problem.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mirmohammadsadeghi, Seyedmehdi& Ahmed, Shamsuddin. 2015. Metaheuristic Approaches for Solving Truck and Trailer Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands: A Case Study in Dairy Industry. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1073969
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mirmohammadsadeghi, Seyedmehdi& Ahmed, Shamsuddin. Metaheuristic Approaches for Solving Truck and Trailer Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands: A Case Study in Dairy Industry. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1073969
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mirmohammadsadeghi, Seyedmehdi& Ahmed, Shamsuddin. Metaheuristic Approaches for Solving Truck and Trailer Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands: A Case Study in Dairy Industry. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1073969
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1073969