Optimal routing of a single vehicle with loading and unloading constraints |
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| Authors: | Shaul P Ladany Avraham Mehrez |
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| Institution: | Department of Industrial Engineering and Management , Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev , P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84120, Israel |
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| Abstract: | A real‐life situation in which a trucker has to collect a cargo of similar size from n different customers spread out in a given region and to deliver them to n locations spread out in another far‐away region has been formulated as a route‐design problem for a single vehicle. The minimal total time of loading, shipping and unloading is considered for different reshuffling methods, and the optimal method is determined. A solution procedure by enumeration is suggested to solve an actual small size problem, and an illustration is provided. |
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