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The Fragility-Constrained Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows

We study a new variant of the well-studied vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW), called the fragility-constrained VRPTW, which assumes that (1) the capacity of a vehicle is organized in multiple identical stacks; (2) all items picked up at a customer are either “fragile” or not; (3) no nonfragile items can be put on top of a fragile item (the fragility constraint); and (4) no en route load rearrangement is possible. We first characterize the feasibility of a route with respect to this fragility constraint. Then, to solve this new problem, we develop an exact branch-price-and-cut (BPC) algorithm that includes a labeling algorithm exploiting this feasibility characterization to efficiently generate feasible routes. This algorithm is benchmarked against another BPC algorithm that deals with the fragility constraint in the column generation master problem through infeasible path cuts. Our computational results show that the former BPC algorithm clearly outperforms the latter in terms of computational time and that the fragility constraint has a greater impact on the optimal solution cost (compared with that of the VRPTW) when vehicle capacity decreases, stack height increases, and for a more balanced mix of customers with fragile and nonfragile items.

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Judul Seri

TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE; Vol.57 No.2 March-April 2023

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: .,

Deskripsi Fisik

p. 552-572

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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NONE

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

VEHICLE ROUTING
BRANCH-PRICE-AND-CUT
MULTIPLE STACKS
FRAGILITY LOADING CONSTRAINT
ROUTE FEASIBILITY CHARACTERIZATION

Info Detail Spesifik

https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2022.1168

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Clement Altman, Guy Desaulniers , Fausto Errico

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