• DocumentCode
    509337
  • Title

    Research on Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows Based on Improving Ant Colony Algorithm

  • Author

    Guiyun, Li

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Econ. & Trade, Hunan Univ., Changsha, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    26-27 Dec. 2009
  • Firstpage
    415
  • Lastpage
    418
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) was considered, and a mixed integer programming mathematic model of VRPTW was proposed in detail. Meantime, an improved ant colony algorithm (IACA) was proposed to overcome the shortcomings of premature convergence and slow convergence of conventional ant colony algorithm (ACA). The experiment results showed that the IACA can solve VRPTW effectively.
  • Keywords
    integer programming; transportation; vehicles; improved ant colony algorithm; mixed integer programming mathematic model; time windows; vehicle routing problem; Algorithm design and analysis; Convergence; Costs; Information management; Innovation management; Linear programming; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Routing; Vehicles; improved ant colony algorithm (IACA); integer programming; logistics; vehicle routing problem;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering, 2009 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xi´an
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3876-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIII.2009.107
  • Filename
    5369902