CREATING BALANCED AND CONNECTED CLUSTERS TO IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY ROUTES IN LOGISTICS PLANNING

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摘要 Achallengingprobleminrealworldlogisticsapplicationsconsistsinplanningserviceterritoriesforcustomerdeliveries,incontextswherecustomersmustbeclusteredintogroupsthatsatisfyvariousconditionssuchasbalanceandconnectivity.InthispaperweproposenewalgorithmsforproducingsuchclustersbaseduponspecialproceduresforexploitingThiessenpolygons.Ourmethodsareabletohandlemultiplecriteriaforbalancingtheclusters,suchasthenumberofcustomersineachcluster,theservicerevenueineachcluster,orthedelivery/pickupquantityineachcluster.Computationalresultsdemonstratetheefficacyofournewprocedures,whichareabletoassistuserstoplanservicepersonalserviceterritoriesandvehicleroutesmoreefficiently.
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出版日期 2010年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)