Exact Solution of the Multi-trip Inventory Routing Problem using a Pseudo-polynomial Model

Nuno Braga, Cláudio Alves, Rita Macedo

2017

Abstract

In this paper, we address an inventory routing problem where a vehicle can perform more than one trip in a working day. This problem was denominated multi-trip vehicle routing problem. In this problem a set of customers with demand for the planning horizon must be satisfied by a supplier. The supplier, with a set of vehicles, delivers the demand using pre-calculated valid routes that define the schedule of the delivery of goods on the planning horizon. The problem is solved with a pseudo-polynomial network flow model that is solved exactly in a set of instances adapted from the literature. An extensive set of computational experiments on these instances were conducted varying a set of parameters of the model. The results obtained with this model show that it is possible to solve instances up to 50 customers and with 15 periods in a reasonable computational time.

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Braga N., Alves C. and Macedo R. (2017). Exact Solution of the Multi-trip Inventory Routing Problem using a Pseudo-polynomial Model . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-218-9, pages 250-257. DOI: 10.5220/0006118502500257


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@conference{icores17,
author={Nuno Braga and Cláudio Alves and Rita Macedo},
title={Exact Solution of the Multi-trip Inventory Routing Problem using a Pseudo-polynomial Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,},
year={2017},
pages={250-257},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006118502500257},
isbn={978-989-758-218-9},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,
TI - Exact Solution of the Multi-trip Inventory Routing Problem using a Pseudo-polynomial Model
SN - 978-989-758-218-9
AU - Braga N.
AU - Alves C.
AU - Macedo R.
PY - 2017
SP - 250
EP - 257
DO - 10.5220/0006118502500257