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Real-Time Dispatching of Guided and Unguided Automobile Service Units with Soft Time Windows

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Algorithms — ESA 2002 (ESA 2002)

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We investigate a real-world large scale vehicle dispatching problem with strict real-time requirements, posed by our cooperation partner, the German Automobile Association. We present computational experience on real-world data with a dynamic column generation method employing a portfolio of acceleration techniques. Our computer program ZIBDIP yields solutions on heavy-load real-world instances (215 service requests, 95 service units) in less than a minute that are no worse than 1% from optimum on state-of-the-art personal computers.

Research supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG, grant GR 883/10)

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  1. Department Optimization, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, Takustr. 7, 14195, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany

    Sven O. Krumke, Jörg Rambau & Luis M. Torres

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  1. Fakultät II: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 136, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    Rolf Möhring

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK

    Rajeev Raman

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Krumke, S.O., Rambau, J., Torres, L.M. (2002). Real-Time Dispatching of Guided and Unguided Automobile Service Units with Soft Time Windows. In: Möhring, R., Raman, R. (eds) Algorithms — ESA 2002. ESA 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2461. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45749-6_56

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