A decision-support tool for a capacitated location-routing problem

Authors:
Rui Borges Lopes;Sérgio Barreto;Carlos Ferreira;Beatriz Sousa Santos
Affiliations:
Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering/CIO, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;ISCA-Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration/CIO, University of Aveiro, R. Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros de Aveiro, 3811-902 Aveiro, Portugal;Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering/CIO, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics/IEETA, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Venue:
Decision Support Systems
Year:
2008

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Abstract

In this paper we present a decision-support tool (DST) that implements a capacitated location-routing problem (CLRP) with two levels (depots and customers) and a capacitated and homogeneous vehicle fleet. It allows the exploration of the solution finding process in a way easily understandable by the user, and enables access to online geographic data through web map servers (WMS). This tool was developed for Windows platforms having an architecture that easily allows the integration of new functionality.