Lopez-Sanchez, A., Hernandez-Diaz, A., Vigo, D., Caballero, R. and Molina, J. (2014). A multi-start algorithm for a balanced real-world Open Vehicle Routing Problem European Journal of Operational Research, 238(1):104--113.
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Publication year2014
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JournalEuropean Journal of Operational Research
The aim of this paper is to solve a real-world problem proposed by an international company operating in Spain and modeled as a variant of the Open Vehicle Routing Problem in which the makespan, i.e., the maximum time spent on the vehicle by one person, must be minimized. A competitive multi-start algorithm, able to obtain high quality solutions within reasonable computing time is proposed. The effectiveness of the algorithm is analyzed through computational testing on a set of 19 school-bus routing benchmark problems from the literature, and on 9 hard real-world problem instances. {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.