Hierarchical approach to Vehicle Routing and Scheduling

Authors

  • Kyoung C Kim School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University
  • Ji U Sun School of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
  • Shi W Lee Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2013.20.1-2.514

Keywords:

Vehicle Routing Problem, Delivery and Installation, Synchronization of Vehicles, Genetic Algorithm, Electronics Industry

Abstract

To survive in today’s competitive market, material handling activities need to be planned carefully to satisfy business’ and customers' demand. The vehicle routing and scheduling problems have been studied extensively for various industries with special needs. In this paper, a vehicle routing problem considering unique characteristics of the electronics industry is considered. A mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINP) model has been presented to minimize the traveling time of delivery and installation vehicles. A hierarchical approach using the genetic algorithm has been proposed and implemented to solve problems of various sizes. The computational results show the effectiveness and the efficiency of the proposed hierarchical approach.  A performance comparison between the MINP approach and the hierarchical approach is also presented.

Author Biographies

Kyoung C Kim, School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University

Mr. Kyoung C. Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University. He earned his MSc's in Industrial Engineering from Dongkuk University, Seoul, Korea and University of Washington, Seattle, USA. His research interests are the vehicle routing algorithms and evolutionary algorithms.

Ji U Sun, School of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Dr. Ji U. Sun is a faculty member in School of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He earned his MSc and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technologyand and BSc from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Shi W Lee, Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology

Dr. Shi W. Lee is a faculty in Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology. He earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park and BSc and MSc from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. His research interests include various applications in informatics, industrial engineering, computer sciences and operations research. He is currently an associate editor of International Journal of Experimental Design and Process Optimization.

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Published

2013-04-07

How to Cite

Kim, K. C., Sun, J. U., & Lee, S. W. (2013). Hierarchical approach to Vehicle Routing and Scheduling. International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice, 20(1-2). https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2013.20.1-2.514

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1-2 (2013)

Section

Operations Research

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