• Title of article

    Heuristics fortheruralpostmanproblem

  • Author/Authors

    Kaj Holmberg، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    981
  • To page
    990
  • Abstract
    When addressingtheproblemofsnowremovalforsecondaryroads,atoolforsolvingtheruralpostman problem canbeveryuseful.Wepresentsomeideasforheuristicsforthisproblem.Theheuristicsareof the sametypeastheclassicalFredericksonheuristic.Theideasconcerntheorderofthemainstepsin such amethod,namelyconstructingaconnectedgraphwithallverticeshavingevendegree,containing all therequirededges.Wealsoproposetwopostprocessingheuristicsforimprovingthetoursandre- moving unnecessarydetours.Thecomputationaltestsshowthattheideasareinterestingalternativesto the classicalapproach,andthatrunningtimesareacceptable.Westudyproblemcharacteristicsthatmay indicate whichmethodtochoose.
  • Keywords
    Heuristics , Rural Postman Problem , Snow removal
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Record number

    927707