International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

Cargo fleet routing model with limited timeframe using honey bee algorithm (Case study: Pak Gostar Dairy Products)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Industrial Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mohaghegh Ardabil University, Ardabil, Iran

3 Department of Electrical Engineering, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

Cargo fleet routing problem is part of the problems that arise and are used in the transportation industry. In this research, one of the specific types of this issue as the time fleet tracking with a limited time period which is the most common problem in operations research at the present time will be discussed. The aim of solving this problem is to provide service to many customers at different locations and different demands by a sufficient fleet. Considering these limitations each customer should set a period of time in service and delays in service are to a certain extent. In this study, reach sooner at the fleet to each of the destinations has given the delay in the service to a certain amount of the fines in accordance with the early and late is acceptable. In terms, they call it (period of application). According to surveys, in order to achieve the above objectives, the use of Bees Algorithm is used in this thesis. Using the Bee algorithm in this research is due to the evolutionary nature of this algorithm.

Keywords

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International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Volume 15, Issue 9
September 2024
Pages 231-238
  • Receive Date: 14 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 31 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 11 September 2023