Solving vehicle scheduling problem with time window for truck and trailer of port

Author

Zhong Huiling ; Chen Jing ; Cai Wenxue ; Zhang Guanxiang ; Guo Weixiang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Economies & Commerce, South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A vehicle scheduling mathematical model and an improved greedy algorithm coupled with a new concept of subtask time window is developed to solve the vehicle scheduling problem with time window for truck and trailer of port in import and export business. The utilization of the model in Rongji port indicates that the implementation of truck and trailer in port with appropriate scheduling method will significantly enhance the transportation efficiency, reduce the numbers of vehicles and energy consumption, decrease the fleet operating cost compared with traditional transportation mode.

Keywords

greedy algorithms; road vehicles; scheduling; vehicle routing; Rongji port; energy consumption; export business; fleet operating cost; import business; improved greedy algorithm; subtask time window; trailer; transportation efficiency; truck; vehicle routing problem; vehicle scheduling mathematical model; vehicle scheduling problem solving; Agricultural machinery; Containers; Greedy algorithms; Ports (Computers); Scheduling; Vehicles; greedy algorithm; time window; truck and trailer of port; vehicle scheduling problem;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM), 2014 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3133-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSSSM.2014.6874046

Filename

6874046