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THE BI-OBJECTIVE INSULAR TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM WITH MARITIME AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION COSTS

dc.creatorCARLOS ENRIQUE OBREQUE NÍÑEZ
dc.date2018
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:04:15Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:04:15Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractTHIS PAPER INTRODUCES AND STUDIES THE BI-OBJECTIVE INSULAR TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM, WHERE A SET OF RURAL ISLANDS MUST BE SERVED USING A SINGLE BARGE FOLLOWING A SINGLE ROUTE. EACH ISLAND PRESENTS A NUMBER OF DOCKS FROM WHICH AT LEAST ONE DOCK MUST BE SELECTED FOR VISITING. ONE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE IS THAT THE FREIGHT TO BE COLLECTED FROM EACH DOCK OR NODE IS NOT KNOWN IN ADVANCE, SINCE THEY DEPEND ON A SET OF SELECTED DOCKS AT EACH ISLAND AND ON THE STRATEGY EMPLOYED TO ALLOCATE THE ISLAND DEMANDS AMONG THE VISITED DOCKS. IN CONTRAST TO OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE, PARTICULARLY THE GENERALIZED TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM, TWO OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS ARE AIMED TO BE MINIMIZED: MARITIME AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION COSTS. THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION COST INCURRED AT THE ISLANDS IS STRONGLY RELATED TO THE STRATEGY FOR TRANSPORTING THE FREIGHT TO THE SELECTED DOCKS INSIDE THE ISLANDS, WHICH IS A DISTINCT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE STUDIED PROBLEM. THE PROPOSED MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODEL IS SOLVED FOR A SET OF REAL INSTANCES FROM CHILE USING A WEIGHTED SUM APPROACH, DENOTING THE BI-OBJECTIVE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM FEATURE ALONG WITH THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION STRUCTURE ARE REVEALED AND ANALYZED, AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE PROPOSED APPROACH IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR FREIGHT COLLECTION OR DISTRIBUTION DECISION MAKING IN INSULAR ZONES.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.009
dc.identifier.issn1872-6860
dc.identifier.issn0377-2217
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/10275
dc.languagespa
dc.publisherEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
dc.relation.uri10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.009
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.titleTHE BI-OBJECTIVE INSULAR TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM WITH MARITIME AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL
ubb.SedeCONCEPCIÓN
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