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An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the planar storage location assignment problem: application to stowage planning for Roll-on Roll-off ships

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  • Jone R. Hansen

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Kjetil Fagerholt

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Magnus Stålhane

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Jørgen G. Rakke

    (Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics)

Abstract

This paper considers a generalized version of the planar storage location problem arising in the stowage planning for Roll-on/Roll-off ships. A ship is set to sail along a predefined voyage where given cargoes are to be transported between different port pairs along the voyage. We aim at determining the optimal stowage plan for the vehicles stored on a deck of the ship so that the time spent moving vehicles to enable loading or unloading of other vehicles (shifting), is minimized. We propose a novel mixed integer programming model for the problem, considering both the stowage and shifting aspect of the problem. An adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) heuristic with several new destroy and repair operators is developed. We further show how the shifting cost can be effectively evaluated using Dijkstra’s algorithm by transforming the stowage plan into a network graph. The computational results show that the ALNS heuristic provides high quality solutions to realistic test instances.

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  • Jone R. Hansen & Kjetil Fagerholt & Magnus Stålhane & Jørgen G. Rakke, 2020. "An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the planar storage location assignment problem: application to stowage planning for Roll-on Roll-off ships," Journal of Heuristics, Springer, vol. 26(6), pages 885-912, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joheur:v:26:y:2020:i:6:d:10.1007_s10732-020-09451-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10732-020-09451-z
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