A Vehicle Routing Problem Which Considers Traffic Situation by Service Time Zones

서비스 시간대별 교통상황을 고려한 차량경로문제

  • Kim, Ki-Tae (Department of Operations Research, Korea National Defense University) ;
  • Jeon, Geon-Wook (Department of Operations Research, Korea National Defense University)
  • Received : 2009.09.07
  • Accepted : 2009.11.11
  • Published : 2009.12.01

Abstract

The vehicle travel time between the demand points in downtown area is greatly influenced by complex road condition and traffic situation that change real time to various external environments. Most of research in the vehicle routing problems compose vehicle routes only considering travel distance and average vehicle speed between the demand points, however did not consider dynamic external environments such as traffic situation by service time zones. A realistic vehicle routing problem which considers traffic situation of smooth, delaying, and stagnating by three service time zones such as going to work, afternoon, and going home was suggested in this study. A mathematical programming model was suggested and it gives an optimal solution when using ILOG CPLEX. A hybrid genetic algorithm was also suggested to chooses a vehicle route considering traffic situation to minimize the total travel time. By comparing the result considering the traffic situation, the suggested algorithm gives better solution than existing algorithms.

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