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Application of Multiagent Technologies to Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows

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In this paper, a multiagent approach to the Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (MDVRPTW) is presented. A multiagent system of interacting trucks, depots and orders is considered. For limiting the intensity of negotiations, a Delaunay triangulation-based scene structure is proposed. As demonstrated below, the solutions obtained by the new algorithm vary by 10–30% from the well-known best counterparts; however, the speed of calculations is considerably higher, and hence the new algorithm can be applied in real-time systems.

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  1. Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Sazonov

  2. Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia

    P. O. Skobelev

  3. Institute for the Control of Complex Systems of Russian Academy of Sciences, Samara, Russia

    P. O. Skobelev

  4. SEC Smart Solutions, Samara, Russia

    A. N. Lada & I. V. Mayorov

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Sazonov, P.O. Skobelev, A.N. Lada, I.V. Mayorov, 2016, published in Upravlenie Bol’shimi Sistemami, 2016, No. 64, pp. 65–80.

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Sazonov, V.V., Skobelev, P.O., Lada, A.N. et al. Application of Multiagent Technologies to Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. Autom Remote Control 79, 1139–1147 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117918060127

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