Title
A Combination of Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization for Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
Abstract
A combination of genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization (PSO) for vehicle routing problems with time windows (VRPTW) is proposed in this paper. The improvements of the proposed algorithm include: using the particle real number encoding method to decode the route to alleviate the computation burden, applying a linear decreasing function based on the number of the iterations to provide balance between global and local exploration abilities, and integrating with the crossover operator of genetic algorithm to avoid the premature convergence and the local minimum. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is not only more efficient and competitive with other published results but can also obtain more optimal solutions for solving the VRPTW issue. One new well-known solution for this benchmark problem is also outlined in the following.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3390/s150921033
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
vehicle routing problem,VRPTW,particle swarm optimization,genetic
Particle swarm optimization,Data mining,Mathematical optimization,Vehicle routing problem,Crossover,Premature convergence,Computer science,Meta-optimization,Electronic engineering,Genetic algorithm,Computation,Encoding (memory)
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
15
9.0
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
51
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
shenghua xu130.40
Jiping Liu2116.00
Fuhao Zhang3142.69
Liang Wang41567158.46
lijian sun530.40