A simulated annealing based hyperheuristic for determining shipper sizes for storage and transportation

A simulated annealing based hyperheuristic for determining shipper sizes for storage and transportation

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Article ID: iaor2009516
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 179
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 759
End Page Number: 774
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: optimization: simulated annealing
Abstract:

The current drive to reduce packaging waste has led many companies to consider the use of multi-trip containers or shippers in which to transport their products in order to reduce packaging waste. The efficiency of such systems obviously depends on selecting shipper dimensions in such a way as to ensure high volumetric utilisation. As is the case with many practical problems the efficiency/solution quality can be improved if problem specific information is used to enhance the operation of a meta-heuristic solution approach. The problem can be modelled as a p-median problem but is too large to be solved in reasonable time without further modification.

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