A Memetic Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Cross Docking

In this paper we address the VRPCD, in which a set of homogeneous vehicles are used to transport products from the suppliers to customers via a cross-dock. The products can be consolidated at the cross-dock but cannot be stored for very long as the cross-dock does not have long-term inventory-holdin...

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Published in:International journal of supply and operations management 2015-11, Vol.2 (3), p.833-855
Main Authors: Sanae Larioui, Mohamed Reghioui, Abdellah El Fallahi, Kamal El Kadiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cross-docking
Memetic algorithm
Pickup and Delivery
Vehicle Routing Problem
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Summary:In this paper we address the VRPCD, in which a set of homogeneous vehicles are used to transport products from the suppliers to customers via a cross-dock. The products can be consolidated at the cross-dock but cannot be stored for very long as the cross-dock does not have long-term inventory-holding capabilities. The objective of the VRPCD is to minimize the total traveled distance while respecting time window constraints of suppliers and customers and a time horizon for the whole transportation operation. Rummaging through all the work of literature on vehicle routing problems with cross-docking, there is no work that considers that customer will receive its requests from several suppliers; this will be the point of innovation of this work. A heuristic and a memetic algorithm are used to solve the problem. The proposed algorithms are implemented and tested on data sets involving up to 200 nodes (customers and suppliers). The first results show that the memetic algorithm can produce high quality solutions.
ISSN:2383-1359
2383-2525