Title :
A Two-Stage Solution Procedure for Food Delivery Decisions in Cities with Circular Transportation Networks
Author :
Zheng, Wang ; Hu, Xiangpei ; Zeng, Amy Z.
Author_Institution :
School of Software Development, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116620, China
Abstract :
This paper analyzes the decision problem of delivering fresh food in cities whose transportation systems are made up of several parallel loops. We develop a two-stage solution procedure that integrates heuristic search algorithms and an integer programming model. The proposed procedure can be applied to a wide range of distribution problems with a specified delivery time window and a circular transportation network structure as exemplified in City of Beijing.
Keywords :
Cities and towns; Food technology; Heuristic algorithms; Paper technology; Programming; Routing; Software development management; Technology management; Transportation; Vehicles; Case Study; Food Distribution; Heuristic Search Technique; Vehicle Routing Problem;
Conference_Titel :
Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2007. SOLI 2007. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1118-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1118-4
DOI :
10.1109/SOLI.2007.4383892
