Modelling and solving for ready-mixed concrete scheduling problems with time dependence

DOI10.1504/IJCSM.2013.055213MaRDI QIDQ391727zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Guo-Chen Zhang, Jianchao Zeng

Publication date 10 January 2014

Published in International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCSM.2013.055213

zbMATH Keywords

heuristics approachlocal search algorithmready-mixed concreteRMCtraffic congestion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-04) Traffic problems in operations research (90B20) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59)

Review text

Summary: In this paper, we present a formulation for the ready-mixed concrete scheduling problems with time-dependent travel time. Traffic congestion is a major problem for the business of delivering RMC. It may lead to late deliveries of RMC to construction sites, and because RMC is perishable, late deliveries also mean large additional costs for both batch plants and the construction companies. Additional costs caused by traffic congestion can be reduced by taking predictable traffic congestion into account in the process of scheduling. For this purpose we develop a model with consideration of traffic congestion of RMC which uses a heuristic approach based on local search algorithm to solve. A detailed case study based on industrial data is used to illustrate the potential of the proposed approach.

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