Article ID: | iaor19982101 |
Country: | Belgium |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 2/3 |
Start Page Number: | 173 |
End Page Number: | 184 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
Journal: | Belgian Journal of Operations Research, Statistics and Computer Science |
Authors: | Spieksma F.C.R., Derks J.J.M. |
Keywords: | vehicle routing & scheduling, artificial intelligence: decision support |
We deal with a practical problem arising at ENCI Netherlands BV. ENCI is a major producer of cement. Its factory site is located south of Maastricht where an important ingredient of cement, marl, is dug from a quarry. The following situation occurs at the site of ENCI. There are different kinds of traffic on the site and the vehicles of each kind of traffic follow a fixed route on the site. The current set of routes is not satisfactory for ENCI. Indeed, some facilities and roads become congested on a daily basis. In order to solve this problem a decision support system called RACE is developed.