A Goal Programming Model for Single Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Routes

Document Type : Research Paper

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Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563

Abstract

The single vehicle routing problem with multiple routes is a variant of the vehicle routing problem where the vehicle can be dispatched to several routes during its workday to serve a number of customers. In this paper we propose a goal programming model for multi-objective single vehicle routing problem with time windows and multiple routes. To solve the model, we present a heuristic method which exploits an elementary Shortest Path Algorithm with Resource Constraints. Computational results of the proposed algorithm are discussed.

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