Article ID: | iaor1997570 |
Country: | Canada |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 290 |
End Page Number: | 306 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
Journal: | INFOR |
Authors: | Laporte Gilbert, Carter Michael, Farvolden Judith, Xu Jiefeng |
Keywords: | inventory, heuristics, lagrange multipliers |
A complex allocation-routing problem arising in grocery distribution is described. It is solved by means of a heuristic that alternates between these two components. Tests on real and artificial data confirm the efficiency and the robustness of the proposed approach.