A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests
The paper presents an effective algorithm for solving Vehicle Routing Problem with Dynamic Requests based on memetic algorithms. The proposed method is applied to a widely-used set of 21 benchmark problems yielding 14 new best-know results when using the same numbers of fitness function evaluations...
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| author | Mańdziuk, Jacek Żychowski, Adam |
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| description | The paper presents an effective algorithm for solving Vehicle Routing Problem with Dynamic Requests based on memetic algorithms. The proposed method is applied to a widely-used set of 21 benchmark problems yielding 14 new best-know results when using the same numbers of fitness function evaluations as the comparative methods. Apart from encouraging numerical outcomes, the main contribution of the paper is investigation into the importance of the so-called starting delay parameter, whose appropriate selection has a crucial impact on the quality of results. Another key factor in accomplishing high quality results is attributed to the proposed effective mechanism of knowledge transfer between partial solutions developed in consecutive time slices. While particular problem encoding and memetic local optimization scheme were already presented in the literature, the novelty of this work lies in their innovative combination into one synergetic system as well as their application to a different problem than in the original works. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/837362020-03-07T11:49:01Z A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests Mańdziuk, Jacek Żychowski, Adam School of Computer Science and Engineering Memetic Algorithm Vehicle Routing The paper presents an effective algorithm for solving Vehicle Routing Problem with Dynamic Requests based on memetic algorithms. The proposed method is applied to a widely-used set of 21 benchmark problems yielding 14 new best-know results when using the same numbers of fitness function evaluations as the comparative methods. Apart from encouraging numerical outcomes, the main contribution of the paper is investigation into the importance of the so-called starting delay parameter, whose appropriate selection has a crucial impact on the quality of results. Another key factor in accomplishing high quality results is attributed to the proposed effective mechanism of knowledge transfer between partial solutions developed in consecutive time slices. While particular problem encoding and memetic local optimization scheme were already presented in the literature, the novelty of this work lies in their innovative combination into one synergetic system as well as their application to a different problem than in the original works. Accepted version 2017-06-29T03:31:31Z 2019-12-06T15:30:58Z 2017-06-29T03:31:31Z 2019-12-06T15:30:58Z 2016 Journal Article Mańdziuk, J., & Żychowski, A. (2016). A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests. Applied Soft Computing, 48, 522-534. 1568-4946 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83736 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42760 10.1016/j.asoc.2016.06.032 en Applied Soft Computing © 2016 Elsevier. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2016.06.032]. 36 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Memetic Algorithm Vehicle Routing Mańdziuk, Jacek Żychowski, Adam A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| title | A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| title_full | A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| title_fullStr | A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| title_full_unstemmed | A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| title_short | A memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| title_sort | memetic approach to vehicle routing problem with dynamic requests |
| topic | Memetic Algorithm Vehicle Routing |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83736 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42760 |
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