Improving parametric Clarke and Wright algorithms by means of iterative empirically adjusted greedy heuristics

Since Clarke and Wright proposed their well-known savings algorithm for solving the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem, several enhancements to the original savings formula have been recently proposed, in the form of parameterisations. In this paper we first propose to use Empirically Adjusted Gree...

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Autores: Corominas, Albert, García-Villoria, Alberto, Pastor Moreno, Rafael|||0000-0002-6188-4458
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/88928
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/88928
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:EAGH-1
greedy heuristics
Clarke and Wright savings algorithm
CVRP
Classificació AMS::90 Operations research, mathematical programming::90C Mathematical programming
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica
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Resumo:Since Clarke and Wright proposed their well-known savings algorithm for solving the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem, several enhancements to the original savings formula have been recently proposed, in the form of parameterisations. In this paper we first propose to use Empirically Adjusted Greedy Heuristics to run these parameterized heuristics and we also consider the addition of new parameters. This approach is shown to improve the savings algorithms proposed in the literature. Moreover, we propose a new procedure which leads to even better solutions, based on what we call Iterative Empirically Adjusted Greedy Heuristics