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GMMA: GPU-based multiobjective memetic algorithms for vehicle routing problem with route balancing

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A multiobjective optimization problem called a vehicle routing problem with route balancing (VRPRB) is studied. VRPRB extends traditional VRPs by considering two objectives simultaneously. The first objective is the minimization of the total traveling cost and the second one tries to ensure the balance among multiple routes. Different from another commonly used balancing objective, namely, the minimization of the difference between the maximal and minimal route cost, the objective we introduce is the minimization of the maximal route cost. Such setting can effectively avoid the occurrence of distorted solutions. In order to find Pareto-optimal solutions of VRPRB, we develop a multiobjective memetic algorithm (MMA), which integrates a problem-specific local search procedure into a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm. The MMA is further enhanced by using parallel computations on GPU devices. A simple version and a revised version of GPU-based MMAs are proposed and implemented on the CUDA platform. All the algorithms are tested on the benchmark instances to demonstrate their efficacy and effectiveness. Furthermore, the performances of CPU-based and GPU-based algorithms are analyzed.

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An earlier version of this paper has been presented at IEA/AIE 2017. The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (No. 71601191, 61673403), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2016A030313264), the Opening Project of Guangdong High Performance Computing Society (No. 2017060109) and Guangzhou Science and Technology Project (No. 2016201604030034).

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    Zizhen Zhang, Yuyan Sun, Hong Xie & Jiahai Wang

  2. Guangdong Information Technology Bureau, China Post Group Co., Ltd., Guangdong Province, China

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Zhang, Z., Sun, Y., Xie, H. et al. GMMA: GPU-based multiobjective memetic algorithms for vehicle routing problem with route balancing. Appl Intell 49, 63–78 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-018-1210-6

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