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Using Heuristic Search for Initiating the Genetic Population in Simulation-Based Optimization of Vehicle Routing Problems
University of Skövde, The Virtual Systems Research Centre. University of Skövde, School of Technology and Society.
University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics. University of Skövde, The Informatics Research Centre.
2009 (English)In: Proceedings of Industrial Simulation Conference, EUROSIS-ETI , 2009Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Genetic algorithms are nowadays commonly used in simulation-based optimization of vehicle routing problems. These algorithms work with a population of solutions that are iteratively improved in an evolutionary process. Usually, the initial population is created randomly. In general, this is not very efficient since it takes unnecessarily long time before sufficiently good solutions have evolved. For a better performance of genetic algorithms, this work describes the use of heuristic search for creating the initial population. A new heuristic search procedure is described in the paper and evaluated using a real-world problem of garbage collection. The results from the evaluation show that the new procedure is able to improve a genetic algorithm.

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EUROSIS-ETI , 2009.
Keywords [en]
Simulation-Based Optimization, Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Vehicle Routing Problem
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Engineering and Technology
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Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-3302ISI: 000280184200029ISBN: 978-9-07738-148-9 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-3302DiVA, id: diva2:227235
Available from: 2009-07-10 Created: 2009-07-10 Last updated: 2020-04-30Bibliographically approved

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