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The Two-Dimensional Vector Packing Problem with Courier Cost Structure

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Recent Trends in Applied Artificial Intelligence (IEA/AIE 2013)

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The two-dimensional vector packing problem with courier cost structure is a practical problem faced by many manufacturers that ship products using courier service. The manufacturer must ship a number of items using standard-sized cartons, where the cost of a carton quoted by the courier is determined by a piecewise linear function of its weight. The cost function is not necessarily convex or concave. The objective is to pack all items into cartons such that the total delivery cost is minimized while observing both the weight limit and volume capacity constraints. In this study, we investigate solution methods to this problem.

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  1. Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

    Qian Hu, Andrew Lim & Wenbin Zhu

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Texas State University, 78666, San Marcos, TX, USA

    Moonis Ali

  2. Agent Systems Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081, Amsterdam, HV, The Netherlands

    Tibor Bosse

  3. Interactive Intelligence Group, Department of Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Koen V. Hindriks  & Catholijn M. Jonker  & 

  4. Computational Intelligence Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Mark Hoogendoorn

  5. Agent Systems Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jan Treur

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Hu, Q., Lim, A., Zhu, W. (2013). The Two-Dimensional Vector Packing Problem with Courier Cost Structure. In: Ali, M., Bosse, T., Hindriks, K.V., Hoogendoorn, M., Jonker, C.M., Treur, J. (eds) Recent Trends in Applied Artificial Intelligence. IEA/AIE 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7906. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38577-3_22

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