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| Author: | Sutcliffe, C. Board, J. |
| Title: | Optimal solution of a vehicle-routeing problem: transporting mentally handicapped adults to an adult training centre. |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society
1990 : JAN, VOL. 41:1, p. 61-67 |
| Index terms: | VEHICLE SCHEDULING COMPUTERS INTEGER PROGRAMMING MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING SCHEDULING TRANSPORT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A vehicle-routeing problem is concerned with devising tours to destinations. A specially written computer program is used to find an optimal solution for a problem with 38 destinations. This is thought to be one of the largest real-world applications for which optimal answers have been obtained. This is a pilot study to investigate the ease with which the problems facing the management of a local authority which has aims other than profit maximization can be solved and the benefits that follow. Therefore explicit consideration is given to the multi-objective nature of the problem. The objective is to minimize the total trip time and a reduction on the solution is achieved. |
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