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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

9. A Multi-agent Based Framework for Vehicle Routing in Relief Delivery Systems

verfasst von : A. S. Xanthopoulos, D. E. Koulouriotis

Erschienen in: Humanitarian and Relief Logistics

Verlag: Springer New York

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Abstract

A dynamic vehicle routing problem that models the relief distribution operations in a post-disaster environment is addressed. As an approximate solution method, a multi-agent system with two hierarchical levels is proposed. Within the proposed framework, the vehicles have the ability to dynamically re-route, bid for new tasks and de-commit to previously undertaken tasks to take advantage of the continuous flow of incoming information. In order to evaluate the proposed architecture, a discrete-event simulator was built in an object-oriented language. A series of simulation cases were identified and the behavior of the proposed approach was compared to that of a centralized, on-line heuristic solution approach.

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Metadaten
Titel
A Multi-agent Based Framework for Vehicle Routing in Relief Delivery Systems
verfasst von
A. S. Xanthopoulos
D. E. Koulouriotis
Copyright-Jahr
2013
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7007-6_9

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