SIMULATED ANNEALING FOR COST-EFFECTIVE TRANSPORT OF LIVE AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS |
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| Authors: | Earl-Juei Wang Deng-Maw Tsai Tai-Sheng Su Keng-Yang Lin |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Industrial Management , National Pingtung University of Science and Technology , Pingtung , Taiwan second@mail.npust.edu.tw;3. Department of Industrial Management , National Pingtung University of Science and Technology , Pingtung , Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | This study elucidates a vehicle routing problem with a single depot and multi-customers, in which a simulated annealing approach is used for transporting live aquaculture products. In contrast with previous models that focused on cost, transportation distance, or time, this study separately optimizes a sole depot with multi-customer flows by using a mathematical model that considers transportation, survival rates, and cost classifications of live aquaculture products. Specifically, the simulated annealing approach is adopted to facilitate the multi-customer transport vehicle routing problem on carrier selections and their interactions. The proposed model is applied to several relevant scenarios with cost-effectiveness. The computational results demonstrate the effectiveness of the model for solving the problem of transporting live aquaculture products. |
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| Keywords: | live aquaculture product simulated annealing single depot to multi-customer vehicle routing problem |
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