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VehiclesschedulingwithslidingtimewindowsPeer-Reviewed
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Ferland,JacquesA.;Fortin,Luc
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Schedulingofroadvehiclesinsugarcanetransport:
AcasestudyatanAustraliansugarmillPeer-Reviewed
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Higgins,Andrew
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VehiclesschedulingwithslidingtimewindowsPeer-Reviewed
Author(s):
Ferland,JacquesA.;Fortin,Luc
Source:
RePEcYear:
Publisher:
[Abstract]|[FullText]
Schedulingofroadvehiclesinsugarcanetransport:
AcasestudyatanAustraliansugarmillPeer-Reviewed
Author(s):
Higgins,Andrew
Source:
RePEcYear:
Publisher:
[Abstract]|[FullText]
Abstract
Inthispaperweintroduceaheuristicapproachforthevehicleschedulingproblemwithslidingtimewindows.Intheproblemwithtimewindows,wetakeadvantageofthefactthatthestartingtimeofeachtaskmustfallwithinagiventimeinterval(i.e.,atimewindow)ratherthanbeingfixed.Here,anotherlevelofflexibilityisaddedbyallowingthetimewindowsofsubsetsoftaskstoslide.Theapproachconsistsofidentifyingpairsoftasksofferinggoodopportunitycostsforreducingtheoverallcost,andfindingwaysofmodifyingthestartingtimestoallowthentobelinked.Thetechniqueisfirstdevelopedfortheproblemwithtimewindowsandthenextendedtothecasewithslidingwindows.Numericalresultsarereportedtoindicatetheefficiencyoftheapproach.
Keywords
∙Scheduling;
∙transportation;
∙heuristics;
∙networkprogramming
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Schedulingofroadvehiclesinsugarcanetransport:
AcasestudyatanAustraliansugarmill
∙AndrewHiggins
∙CSIROSustainableEcosystems,Level3,QBP,CRCforSustainableSugarProduction,306CarmodyRoad,St.Lucia,Qld4067,Australia
∙Received5January2004.Accepted27July2004.Availableonline18September2004.
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1.Introduction
2.Modelformulation
3.Modelsolution
4.ApplicationtotheMaryboroughcasestudy
5.Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Abstract
PressuretoremaininternationallycompetitivehasforcedAustraliansugarmillstoreducecapitalandoperationalcosts.Improvedschedulingofroadtransportvehiclesprovidesonesuchopportunity,asitwouldreducevehiclequeueandmillidletimesandhencethenumberofvehiclesneeded.Itisdifficultformilltrafficofficerstoproducegoodtransportschedulesmanuallyduetotheneedtoservicealargenumberofharvestersindifferentlocations.Toaddressthisissue,researchwasundertakenparticipativelywithasugarmillingcompanyinAustraliatoproduceandimplementamixedintegerprogrammingmodelthatrepresentstheroadtransportoperations.Twometa-heuristicswereappliedtofindasolutiontothemodel,leadingtopotentialcostsavingsofAU$240,000peryearversusschedulesproducedmanuallybythemilltrafficofficer.Themodelwasalsoappliedtoexploreregionalplanningoptionsforamoreintegratedharvestingandtransportsystem.
Keywords
∙Agriculture;
∙Vehiclescheduling;
∙Tabusearch;
∙Participatoryresearch
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Fig.1. CentralMaryboroughsugarregion(about50%ofregion)showingthepositionoffarmsandroadtransportloadingpads(smallblackdots).Themillishighlightedwith∗whilerivers/creeksaresolidcurvesandroadsaredashedlines.
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Fig.2. ConvergenceratesofZ(hours)forthetenruns,TS(left),VNS(right).
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Fig.3. Actualqueuetimerecordedforeachofthe445trailersscheduledduringtheplanninghorizon.
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Fig.4. Queuetimeforthe445trailerswhenthetransportschedulewasproducedusingTS.
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Fig.5. Hoursofharvestfortheexistingsystem(left)versusthe18hourtimewindowscenario(right).
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Table1.Illustrationoftheneighbourhoodsforthesugarcaneroadtransportschedulingproblemusingatwovehicle,12trailerinstance
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Table2.ComparisonofTSandVNSwhereμZistheaveragetotaltrailerqueuetimeplusmillidletimeofthetenruns,σisthestandarddeviation,and“Best”and“Worst”arethebestandworstsolutionsfoundamongstthetenruns
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Table3.Impactsontransportforthedifferentscenarios
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EuropeanJournalofOperationalResearch
Volume170,Issue3,1May2006,Pages987-1000
Schedulingofroadvehiclesinsugarcanetransport:
AcasestudyatanAustraliansugarmill
Higgins,A.
CSIROSustainableEcosystems,Level3,CRCforSustainableSugarProduction,306CarmodyRoad,St.Lucia,QLD4067,Australia
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Abstract
PressuretoremaininternationallycompetitivehasforcedAustraliansugarmillstoreducecapitalandoperationalcosts.Improvedschedulingofroadtransportvehiclesprovidesonesuchopportunity,asitwouldreducevehiclequeueandmillidletimesandhencethenumberofvehiclesneeded.Itisdifficultformilltrafficofficerstoproducegoodtransportschedulesmanuallyduetotheneedtoservicealargenumberofharvestersindifferentlocations.Toaddressthisissue,researchwasundertakenparticipativelywithasugarmillingcompanyinAustraliatoproduceandimplementamixedintegerprogrammingmodelthatrepresentstheroadtransportoperations.Twometa-heuristicswereappliedtofindasolutiontothemodel,leadingtopotentialcostsavingsofAU$240,000peryearversusschedulesproducedmanuallybythemilltrafficofficer.Themodelwasalsoappliedtoexploreregionalplanningoptionsforamoreintegratedharvestingandtransportsystem.©2004ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.
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Authorkeywords
Agriculture;Participatoryresearch;Tabusearch;Vehiclescheduling
IndexedKeywords
Engineeringcontrolledterms:
Costs;Crops;Harvesting;Integerprogramming;Mathematicalmodels;Operationsresearch;Scheduling;Sugar(sucrose)
Engineeringuncontrolledterms:
Participatoryresearch;Tabusearch;Vehiclescheduling
Engineeringmainheading:
Groundvehicles
PaperChemVariable:
Costs;Harvesting;Models;Scheduling;Sugar;SugarCane;Vehicles
ISSN:
03772217CODEN:
EJORDSourceType:
JournalOriginallanguage:
English
DOI:
10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.055DocumentType:
Article
Higgins,A.;CSIROSustainableEcosystems,Level3,CRCforSustainableSugarProduction,306CarmodyRoad,St.Lucia,QLD4067,Australia;
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EuropeanJournalofOperationalResearch
Volume38,Issue2,25January1989,Pages213-226
Vehiclesschedulingwithslidingtimewindows
Ferland,J.A.,Fortin,L.
Departmentd'informatiqueetderechercheoperationnelle,UniversitédeMontréal,Montréal,Que.H3C3J7,Canada
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Abstract
Inthispaperweintroduceaheuristicapproachforthevehicleschedulingproblemwithslidingtimewindows.Intheproblemwithtimewindows,wetakeadvantageofthefactthatthestartingtimeofeachtaskmustfallwithinagiventimeinterval(i.e.,atimewindow)ratherthanbeingfixed.Here,anotherlevelofflexibilityisaddedbyallowingthetimewindowsofsubsetsoftaskstoslide.Theapproachconsistsofidentifyingpairsoftasksofferinggoodopportunitycostsforreducingtheoverallcost,andfindingwaysofmodifyingthestartingtimestoallowthentobelinked.Thetechniqueisfirstdevelopedfortheproblemwithtimewindowsandthenextendedtothecasewithslidingwindows.Numericalresultsarereportedtoindicatetheefficiencyoftheapproach.©1989.
ReaxysDatabaseInformation
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Authorkeywords
heuristics;networkprogramming;Scheduling;transportation
IndexedKeywords
Engineeringcontrolledterms:
ComputerProgramming--Algorithms;OperationsResearch
Engineeringuncontrolledterms:
AlgorithmSlidingWindow(ASW);NetworkProgramming;SlidingTimeWindows;VehiclesScheduling
Engineeringmainheading:
Transportation
ISSN:
03772217CODEN:
EJORDSourceType:
JournalOriginallanguage:
English
DocumentType:
Article
Ferland,J.A.;Departmentd'informatiqueetderechercheoperationnelle,UniversitédeMontréal,Montréal,Que.H3C3J7,Canada
©Copyright2008ElsevierB.V.,Allrightsreserved.
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EuropeanJournalofOperationalResearch
Volume170,Issue3,1May2006,Pages987-1000
Schedulingofroadvehiclesinsugarcanetransport:
AcasestudyatanAustraliansugarmill
Higgins,A.
CSIROSustainableEcosystems,Level3,CRCforSustainableSugarProduction,306CarmodyRoad,St.Lucia,QLD4067,Australia
Viewreferences
Abstract
PressuretoremaininternationallycompetitivehasforcedAustraliansugarmillstoreducecapitalandoperationalcosts.Improvedschedulingofroadtransportvehiclesprovidesonesuchopportunity,asitwouldreducevehiclequeueandmillidletimesandhencethenumberofvehiclesneeded.Itisdifficultformilltrafficofficerstoproducegoodtransportschedulesmanuallyduetotheneedtoservicealargenumberofharvestersindifferentlocations.Toaddressthisissue,researchwasundertakenparticipativelywithasugarmillingcompanyinAustraliatoproduceandimplementamixedintegerprogrammingmode