A multiobjective GRASP–VND algorithm to solve the waste collection problem

In this paper, the waste collection problem (WCP) of a city in the south of Spain is addressed as a multi-objective routing problem that considers three objectives. From the company’s perspective, the minimization of the travel cost is desired as well as that of the total number of vehicles. Additio...

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Autores: López Sánchez, Ana Dolores, Hernández-Díaz, Alfredo G., Cortázar, F., Hinojosa, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO)
Repositorio:RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:rio.upo.es:10433/19749
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10433/19749
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Routing problems
Hybrid algorithms
Greedy randomized search procedure
Variable neighborhood descent
Multiobjective optimization problem
Waste collection problem
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Sumario:In this paper, the waste collection problem (WCP) of a city in the south of Spain is addressed as a multi-objective routing problem that considers three objectives. From the company’s perspective, the minimization of the travel cost is desired as well as that of the total number of vehicles. Additionally, from the employee’s point of view, a set of balanced routes is also sought. Four variants of a multi-objective hybrid algorithm are proposed. Specifically, a GRASP (greedy randomized adaptive search procedure) with a VND (variable neighborhood descent) is combined. The best GRASP–VND algorithm found is applied in order to solve the real-world WCP of a city in the south of Spain.