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A customer-centric routing problem with multiple trips of a single vehicle

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  • Iris Martínez-Salazar

    (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México)

  • Francisco Angel-Bello

    (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México)

  • Ada Alvarez

    (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México)

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a routing problem with multiple uses of a single vehicle and service time in demand points, minimizing the sum of clients’ waiting time to receive service. This problem is relevant in the distribution of aid in disaster-stricken communities, in the recollection and/or delivery of perishable goods and personnel transportation, among other situations, where reaching clients to perform service, fast and fair, is a priority. We consider vehicle capacity and travel distance constraints, forcing multiple use of the vehicle during the planning horizon. This paper presents two mixed integer formulations for this problem, based on a multi-level network, as well as a metaheuristic algorithm. The proposed models can solve to optimality instances with up to 30 clients. The proposed metaheuristic algorithm obtains high-quality solutions in short computational times.

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  • Iris Martínez-Salazar & Francisco Angel-Bello & Ada Alvarez, 2015. "A customer-centric routing problem with multiple trips of a single vehicle," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 66(8), pages 1312-1323, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:66:y:2015:i:8:p:1312-1323
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    1. Biswajit Sarkar & Muhammad Tayyab & Seok-Beom Choi, 2018. "Product Channeling in an O2O Supply Chain Management as Power Transmission in Electric Power Distribution Systems," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Maliheh Khorsi & Seyed Kamal Chaharsooghi & Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan & Ali Bozorgi-Amiri, 2022. "Solving the humanitarian multi-trip cumulative capacitated routing problem via a grouping metaheuristic algorithm," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 319(1), pages 173-210, December.
    3. J. Molina & A. D. López-Sánchez & A. G. Hernández-Díaz & I. Martínez-Salazar, 2018. "A Multi-start Algorithm with Intelligent Neighborhood Selection for solving multi-objective humanitarian vehicle routing problems," Journal of Heuristics, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 111-133, April.
    4. Xiaxia Ma & Wenliang Bian & Wenchao Wei & Fei Wei, 2022. "Customer-Centric, Two-Product Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem under Consideration of Weighted Customer Waiting Time in Power Industry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-23, May.
    5. Sze, Jeeu Fong & Salhi, Said & Wassan, Niaz, 2017. "The cumulative capacitated vehicle routing problem with min-sum and min-max objectives: An effective hybridisation of adaptive variable neighbourhood search and large neighbourhood search," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 162-184.

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