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Ant Colony System for variants of TSP and VRP with time windows
Paola Pellegrini
Università  Ca' Foscari di Venezia;; Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata
On 2004-04-26 at 14:30:00 (Brussels Time)

Abstract

Two classical problems of Operations Research have been analyzed. A new variant of Travel Salesman Problem with Time Windows (temporal-TSPTW) and a formulation of Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Time Windows, heterogeneous fleet and periodic constraint are presented. Two meta-heuristics based on Ant Colony System have been implemented and tested on benchmark problems, when comparison with literature was possible. A case study has been analyzed for each problem, obtaining interesting results.

Keywords

temporal-TSPTW, VRPMTW, Heterogeneous fleet, Periodic constraint

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