Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1023915 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 2010 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
One of the most important challenges that confronts less-than-truckload carriers serving many-to-many distribution networks consists of determining how to consolidate flows of small shipments. The objective is to determine a route for each origin-destination pair that minimizes the cost while still guaranteeing a certain level of service. This research studies different aspects of the problem and provides a metaheuristic algorithm (based on Ant Colony Optimization techniques) capable of solving real-life problems in a reasonable computational time. The viability of the approach has been tested with a real case in Spain and encouraging results have been obtained.
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Authors
L. Barcos, V. RodrÃguez, M.J. Álvarez, F. Robusté,