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A hybrid VNS based framework for biomass transportation


Abstract:

We investigate in this paper a biomass transportation problem that considers pickup and delivery points in order to transport the biomass to power generators. The problem...Show More

Abstract:

We investigate in this paper a biomass transportation problem that considers pickup and delivery points in order to transport the biomass to power generators. The problem is appropriately modeled as the one commodity pickup and delivery traveling salesman problem. Due to its NP-hardness, the problem should be solved by approximate approaches, especially for large-scaled problems. To do so, we develop a hybrid metaheuristic, based on a variable neighborhood search and a variable neighborhood descent, that performs numerous neighborhood structures. The experimental study driven on benchmarks shows that the hybrid heuristic performs well when compared to the existing approaches.
Date of Conference: 30 May 2016 - 01 June 2016
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 21 July 2016
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Conference Location: Shanghai, China

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