Applying simulated annealing approach for capacitated vehicle routing problems

S. W. Lin*, K. C. Ying, Z. J. Lee, F. H. Hsi

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Abstract

The capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) is one of the elemental problems in supply chain management. The objective of CVRP is to deliver a set of customers with known demands on minimum-cost vehicle routes originating and terminating at a delivery depot. CVRP is a difficult combinatorial problem, since it contains both the bin packing problem and the traveling salesperson problem as special cases. A simulated annealing combining local search approach is developed in this research to solve the capacitated vehicle routing problems. Computational results are reported on a sample of fourteen benchmark problems which have different settings. The developed approach obtained six solutions which are equal to the best solution found so far using the reasonable computing time. And the solutions obtained have the smaller relative deviation percentage (RDP) when compared with the best solution found so far in the literature. Therefore, the developed approach can perform well in different problem settings.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages639-644
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1424401003, 9781424401000
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 08 10 200611 10 2006

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Volume1
ISSN (Print)1062-922X

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period08/10/0611/10/06

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