English

An integrated mixed integer program model for the two-level capacitated vehicle routing problem with extensions

Optimization and Control 2022-10-14 v1

Abstract

This paper introduces the two-level capacitated vehicle routing problem (2S-CVRP). This problem combines the two-level bin packing problem and the vehicle routing problem into an integrated framework. The problem itself is an NP-hard problem and it can be seen as an extension to the traditional capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP). We propose this extension as it enable one to model more real-life applications in logistics. A mixed integer program (MIP) model is presented for the problem. Our MIP model includes an extensive set of constraints encountered in real-world applications. The validity of the model is tested on both artificial and real-life instances.

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@article{arxiv.2210.07051,
  title  = {An integrated mixed integer program model for the two-level capacitated vehicle routing problem with extensions},
  author = {Congzheng Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.07051},
  year   = {2022}
}
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