Heuristic approach to allocation of trucks in a transportation system

• Published in: Computers & Industrial Engineering Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 253 - 255
• Main Authors: Takeno, Takeo, Matsui, Kenichiro, Yamazaki, Genji, Ishikawa, Toshihiro
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul Elsevier Ltd 01.09.1994; Oxford Elsevier BV; New York, NY Pergamon Press; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Ground, air and sea transportation, marine construction; Heuristic; Logistics; Mathematical models; Road transportation and traffic; Scheduling; Studies; time windows; Transportation; transportation system; vehicle routing; scheduling; transportation system; time windows; vehicle routing; Road transportation; Semi trailer; Transportation system; Schedule; Routing; Scheduling; Heuristic approach; Freight transportation
• ISSN: 0360-8352; 1879-0550
• DOI: 10.1016/0360-8352(94)90283-6

This paper considers the problem of how luggages should be assign to each truck for the transportation system consists of a depot, a fixed area and two types of luggages, called schedule problem. The main purpose of this paper is to propose a procedure for the problem subject to keep the balance of work loads among truck drivers. The procedure is based on 3 (heuristic) rules for replacing the addresses of each luggage with the ‘ conventional address,’ converting size of each luggage into ‘ weight’ and introducing a measure to keep the balance of work loads. The procedure consists of three stages according to ‘ priority’ of the types of luggages. A case study is presented that demonstrate the practical usefulness of the procedure.